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# Emma Mhic Mhathúna

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# fondly remembered
Family of Emma Mhic Mhathúna pay tribute on first anniversary of her death
The mother-of-five passed away on 7 October 2018.
# Flowers for Emma
Cervical cancer campaigner Emma Mhic Mhathuna to be honoured on first anniversary
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016.
# cancer screening
CervicalCheck: Report author says it's 'likely' that more women are affected
Dr Gabriel Scally told an Oireachtas Committee that an initial review to identify women involved was flawed.
# CervicalCheck
Funeral cortège of Emma Mhic Mhathúna passes by Leinster House
Crowds gathered to remember and thank Emma, who had spoken on behalf of the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy.
# St Mary's Pro Cathedral
'Not part of God's plan': Hundreds attend Dublin funeral for Emma Mhic Mhathúna
The funeral cortège passed by the Dáil, the Department of Health, and Áras an Uachtarán.
# ar dheis dé
A woman with the strength of the sea: The Kerry Gaeltacht says goodbye to Emma Mhic Mhathúna
A funeral Mass was held yesterday for Emma Mhic Mhathúna in Séipéal na Carraige, the church where she was a Eucharistic minister.
# Kerry
'A star that inspires us': Community gathers to send Emma Mhic Mhathúna on her final journey
The first of two funeral masses took place at Seipeal na Carraige, Baile na nGall this morning.
# ar dheis dé
'She was a real lioness as a mother': Friends and neighbours remember Emma Mhic Mhathúna
Emma died yesterday – just five months after being told that her cancer was terminal.
# Emma Mhic Mhathúna
'We will miss her beyond words': Cervical Check campaigner Emma Mhic Mhathúna dies aged 37
She was one of the women at the centre of the Cervical Check scandal.
# High Court
Emma Mhic Mhathúna receives extra portion of settlement to purchase Dublin home close to treatment
A Dublin home would mean the mother wouldn’t have to travel to and from Kerry for her cancer treatment.
# cervicalcheck scandal
'In some ways I just wish it was all over' - Emma Mhic Mhathúna says cancer has spread to her brain
Emma last week settled a €7.5 million settlement with the HSE over her incorrect smear test results.
# CervicalCheck
Emma Mhic Mhathúna on €7.5m settlement: 'It makes a big difference for all women'
The terminally ill mother-of-five settled her case against the HSE and Quest Diagnostics.
# smear tests
Women affected by CervicalCheck controversy 'borrowing money to get to healthcare appointments'
The women in question are afraid, angry and confused, Stephen Donnelly said.
# standing4women
Photos: Protests take place around the country over CervicalCheck controversy
Emma Mhic Mhathúna, one of the women diagnosed with terminal cancer, addressed the Dublin protest.
# cervical check scandal
HSE yet to admit liabilility in Emma Mhic Mhathúna's Cervical Check case
The Taoiseach has previously stated that none of the women affected by the Cervical Check scandal would have to go to court.
# Emma Mhic Mhathúna
HSE accepts providing cervical smear slides for three women affected by scandal is 'critical and urgent'
The case of three women affected by the controversy was being heard in High Court today.
# smear tests
HSE says 18 women affected by CervicalCheck controversy have died
The previous figure was 17 women.
# cervical check
'Talk is cheap': Emma Mhic Mhathúna criticises the government on The Late Late Show
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, three years after a smear test result incorrectly came back as normal.
# CervicalCheck
'He's lashing out': Tony O'Brien criticises TDs' conduct at committee meeting
Vicky Phelan accused the former Director General of the HSE of ‘throwing his toys out of the pram’.
# Cervical Cancer
'God forbid that a woman who got a letter might run to the media'
Tony O’Brien has criticised how some TDs conducted themselves at the Public Accounts Committee hearing yesterday.
# CervicalCheck
'It seared the soul of our country': Emotional scenes as Emma Mhic Mhathúna's interview raised in the Dáil
“It is a stain on all our doors, it is a stain on all of us,” Labour’s Alan Kelly told his Dáil colleagues today.
# CervicalCheck
'I had to collect my children from school and tell them that I’m dying': Emma Mhic Mhathúna
Tony O’Brien, Director General of the HSE, has said “anyone who is found to have failed in their duty” will be held to account.
# CervicalCheck
'How did things get so bad?': Mother of five speaks out about delayed cancer diagnosis
“When there’s cancer in the house, the children are always worrying if everything is okay.”