Vicky Phelan

Published: May 4, 2018, 5 a.m.

The woman at the centre of the CervicalCheck cancer screening scandal, terminally ill Limerick woman Vicky Phelan, speaks to R\xf3is\xedn Ingle about the situation, calling it \u201cdisgraceful, saying it\u2019s an absolute national scandal\u201d. Vicky tells R\xf3is\xedn that the buck stops with HSE director general Tony O'Brien and that she doesn't understand how he could \u201chave the balls to stay in the job at this stage\u201d. Vicky explains why signing a non-disclosure agreement in her High Court case over her false negative smear test result was never an option and why despite being told she has between six and 12 months to live, she doesn't think she is going to die.