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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Devane and Grainne Ni Aodha

Irish cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan dies aged 48

PA Wire

Irish cervical cancer campaigner and mother-of-two Vicky Phelan has died aged 48.

Ms Phelan, from Limerick, grabbed the attention of the Irish public after bringing a High Court case over how her cervical smears were handled, which ultimately prompted a series of reviews of Ireland’s cervical cancer screening programme CervicalCheck.

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