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Kilkenny campaigner Vicky Phelan delighted to be coming home after enduring torrid time

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2021 0

Kilkenny’s hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan is coming home in two weeks for a break from her ongoing trial treatment at a clinic in the USA. And it could not come at a better time for the Mooncoin mother-of-two, who has endured an extremely tough couple of weeks in the States suffering from the side […]

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‘I’m coming home’- Kilkenny cancer campaigner Vicky gets break from treatment in US

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2021 0

Cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan is coming home to see her family next month before returning to the US to see out the remainder of her experimental treatment. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who is currently in the US undergoing a trial cancer treatment, was beaming when she took to Instagram yesterday to say she will be home […]

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‘I was on the verge of tears all day and I just wanted to go home’ – Kilkenny cancer campaigner endures roughest week yet

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2021 0

Cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has admitted to feeling lonely after enduring “a very rough few days” while undergoing treatment for her illness in the USA. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who is currently in the US undergoing a trial cancer treatment, took to Instagram yesterday to say she had been very ill this week, on the verge […]

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‘It was hard enough saying goodbye’ – hero Kilkenny campaigner admits she lied about about length of cancer treatment in US

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2021 0

Kilkenny hero cancer campaigner, Vicky Phelan admitted that she lied to family and friends about how long she would away while undergoing treatment as “it was hard enough saying goodbye. The Mooncoin mother of two, who is in the USA currently undergoing a trial cancer treatment, told Ciara Doherty on Virgin Media’s Tonight Show last […]

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‘Delighted and relieved’ – hero Kilkenny campaigner gets jab while undergoing clinical trial in US

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2021 0

Hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has expressed her delight after receiving her Covid-19 vaccine while undergoing experimental treatment in the US. The Mooncoin mother-of-two shared this picture on her Instagram account of her receiving the one-shot Johnson & Johnson jab. It means there is now no fear of Vicky being taken off the clinical trial, […]

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Hero Kilkenny campaigner Vicky Phelan’s Instagram held to ransom by hackers while in US hospital

By Kilkenny Now 11th February 2021 0

Kilkenny’s cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has had her Instagram account hacked and held to ransom while undergoing treatment in the US. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who is currrently in Maryland undergoing experimental treatment, was forced to set up a new Instagram handle after a hacker got into her account and demanded $3,500 dollars from her to […]

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Campaign for Kilkenny cancer hero to present President Biden with Shamrock on St Patrick’s Day gathers pace

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2021 0

A number of online campaigns are gathering pace calling for Kilkenny’s cancer campaignerVicky Phelan to the White House for St Patrick’s Day to hand over the bowl of shamrock instead of Taoiseach Michéal Martin. The push to have the Mooncoin mother-of-two represent Ireland in the White House next month comes as she is currently in […]

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Hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan shuts down Twitter account following backlash

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2019 0

Hero cancer campaigner, Vicky Phelan, has shut down her Twitter account following online criticism she suffered on Wednesday night. The terminally ill mother of two from Mooncoin, took the decision after coming under attack from an author and academic, who accused her of spreading misinformation about a treatment she undertakes in her battle with cancer. […]

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‘Humiliation, disrespect and deceit’ – Taoiseach apologises to Vicky Phelan and others ‘destroyed’ by cancer scandal

By Kilkenny Now 22nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A ‘Litany of failure’ is how Taoiseach Leo Varadkar described the cervical check screening process as he apologised to the women in Ireland whose lives were “destroyed” by the cancer scandal. One of those women Mr Varadkar was talking about was Kilkenny woman and cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan, who was in […]

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Protesters ‘ready to make some noise’ to end CervicalCheck ‘nightmare’

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY PROTESTERS are set to join Kilkenny to Waterford to try and bring an end to the CervicalCheck screening ‘nightmare’. A women’s health support group is to put pressure on the Government to put into action recommendations from the Scally report, and to stop putting women’s health at risk. Mná na Deise are […]