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Tuesday 29 September 2020
The mother-of-five passed away on 7 October 2018.
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016.
Dr Gabriel Scally told an Oireachtas Committee that an initial review to identify women involved was flawed.
Crowds gathered to remember and thank Emma, who had spoken on behalf of the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy.
The funeral cortège passed by the Dáil, the Department of Health, and Áras an Uachtarán.
A funeral Mass was held yesterday for Emma Mhic Mhathúna in Séipéal na Carraige, the church where she was a Eucharistic minister.
The first of two funeral masses took place at Seipeal na Carraige, Baile na nGall this morning.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Emma died yesterday – just five months after being told that her cancer was terminal.
She was one of the women at the centre of the Cervical Check scandal.
A Dublin home would mean the mother wouldn’t have to travel to and from Kerry for her cancer treatment.
Emma last week settled a €7.5 million settlement with the HSE over her incorrect smear test results.
The terminally ill mother-of-five settled her case against the HSE and Quest Diagnostics.
The women in question are afraid, angry and confused, Stephen Donnelly said.
Emma Mhic Mhathúna, one of the women diagnosed with terminal cancer, addressed the Dublin protest.
The Taoiseach has previously stated that none of the women affected by the Cervical Check scandal would have to go to court.
The case of three women affected by the controversy was being heard in High Court today.
The previous figure was 17 women.
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, three years after a smear test result incorrectly came back as normal.
Vicky Phelan accused the former Director General of the HSE of ‘throwing his toys out of the pram’.
Tony O’Brien has criticised how some TDs conducted themselves at the Public Accounts Committee hearing yesterday.
“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.
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.
“When there’s cancer in the house, the children are always worrying if everything is okay.”
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT – Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in an election debate in Cleveland.
Highly anticipated, many will see the debate as an opportunity for either candidate to claim a key advantage in what should be a closely-fought battle.
Likely to be combative, it’ll see Democrat candidate Biden tackle Trump on the economy and the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Of course, it’ll be the early hours of the morning by the time any of this airs – and even then, it’s not likely to be an entertainment event for the faint-hearted.
So today we want to know: Will you be watching the first US presidential debate live?
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