Vicky Phelan’s family has said her passing will leave a void in their lives that is "impossible to fill" - as President Michael D Higgins said the CervicalCheck campaigner “made an enormous contribution to Irish society.”
Ms Phelan, 48, died in the early hours of Monday morning at Milford Hospice in Limerick after battling cervical cancer since 2014 after she was misdiagnosed.
The beloved mum-of-two children – Darragh, 10, and 16-year-old Amelia - had undergone a smear test in 2011 showing no abnormalities, before her diagnosis three years later. Ms Phelan then exposed the CervicalCheck screening scandal in Ireland after discovering she was not told she had been given incorrect smear test results.
