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Play tells story of Vicky Phelan's heroic battle for justice

Summary by Extra.ie
The late Vicky Phelan’s fight to expose the cervical cancer screening scandal has been turned into play. The show is based on the life of the mother-of-two, who became a leading cancer awareness advocate. Ms Phelan, from Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, died in November 2022 aged just 48, in Co. Limerick’s Milford hospice. Her death might have been averted had a 2011 smear test not produced a false negative result for abnormalities. A review by the HSE d…
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Extra.ie broke the news in on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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