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Mediation often ‘cathartic’ in catastrophic injury cases but it shouldn’t be compelled, experts say
More than 90% of personal injury cases settle before they come before a judge, seminar hears
Legislation introducing mandatory open disclosure is Vicky Phelan’s ‘legacy’
Campaigners describe Wednesday as ‘a very proud day but also a very sad day’
‘This bill is Vicky’s legacy’ - Patient safety legislation passed in the Dáil after CervicalCheck controversy
The legislation makes it mandatory for patients to be informed of their right to patient-requested reviews following representations from the 221+ support group
Dr Cillian de Gascun: ‘Notwithstanding what happened in 2018, this is a positive news story’
Paul Cullen talks to the head of the NCSL, Ireland’s new dedicated cervical screening lab, built so that Irish women’s samples no longer need to be sent abroad.
Ten legal firms shared €31m costs in medical negligence cases from State Claims Agency
€4.76m paid out in legal costs in CervicalCheck claims to date
Justine McCarthy: CervicalCheck scandal did not die with Vicky Phelan
Who, what, where and when of this tragedy has been revealed. But no attempt has been made to answer this pressing question: why did it happen?
‘She made every minute matter’: Vicky Phelan memorial remembers person behind ‘nation’s treasure’
Campaigner was a fearless warrior who got the most out of every minute, community gathered at memorial service in Mooncoin hears
Vicky Phelan: ‘A nation got to love a girl as much as our family loved her’
Village of Mooncoin shares pride and grief at public memorial for CervicalCheck campaigner
Vicky Phelan: hundreds expected in Kilkenny village for public tribute to campaigner
Memorial service for the late cervical cancer awareness campaigner will be held in Mooncoin on Sunday
Vicky Phelan’s family invite public to a celebration of her life in parish church
In a statement, the family said that ‘goodbyes are never easy’ and last Thursday they said farewell to Vicky (48)
Vicky Phelan seemed hard-wired to do the right thing
Naomi Linehan, cowriter of Vicky Phelan’s memoir, on their time together and the cancer campaigner’s driving passion: her devotion to her children
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland should not need heroines like Vicky Phelan
State’s savage imperative of self-disclosure meant Phelan had to make her private illness a political matter
Vicky Phelan in her own words: ‘I have mended all my bridges… I think life is too short’
The renowned Cervical Check campaigner was laid to rest today
Vicky Phelan funeral takes place in private in line with her wishes
Family announcement posted online following death of CervicalCheck campaigner
Justine McCarthy: Vicky Phelan was the first among equals in facing down power
Campaigner was in a vanguard of women fighting the system along with Louise O’Keeffe and Marie Fleming
HSE warned Donnelly off mandatory disclosure in cancer cases
Board warned Minister of ‘negative consequences’ of plans to legislate for mandatory open disclosure in medical cases
Miriam Lord: Vicky Phelan wanted no tributes but they came, heartfelt and sincere, from all sides
Death of woman who held the State to account prompts minute silence in Dáil
Taoiseach pledges passage of ‘full disclosure’ Patient Safety Bill by year end amid tributes to Vicky Phelan
Micheál Martin tells Dáil new National Screening Laboratory at Coombe Hospital to be operational before start of 2023
‘She spoke truth to power’ - remembering Vicky Phelan
In the News podcast: The devoted mother spent precious time fighting for justice
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