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Kilkenny campaigner Vicky Phelan develops serious side-effects from cancer treatment

By Kilkenny Now 10th June 2021 0

Kilkenny’s hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has suffered a setback during her ongoing treatment at a clinic in the USA. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who is currently in the US undergoing a trial cancer treatment, took to Instagram late yesterday to reveal she has developed Bell’s Palsy during rounds 10 and 11 of her treatment. Speaking […]

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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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WATCH: Kilkenny campaigner appears in powerful new cancer solidarity TV ad

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

Kilkenny campaigner Vicky Phelan, who is currently undergoing treatment in the US, appears in a powerful new ad campaign to show support and solidarity with anyone affected by cancer. The Mooncoin mother-of-two and eight year old Saoirse Ruane, who appeared on the Late Late Toy Show in 2020 to share her story, are among the […]

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Government promises to act on CervicalCheck screening following scathing attack from Kilkenny campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 Post a comment

The Government has promised to improve CervicalCheck Screening and get a tribunal into the scandal up and running, following a scathing attack over the weekend from Kilkenny’s cancer campaigner, Vicky Phelan. In an article in the Sunday Independent, Ms Phelan said she wanted “action, change and accountability” over the CervicalCheck scandal. Writing the piece in […]

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Kilkenny’s hero cancer campaigner named ‘Celebrity Mother of the Year’

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2020 0

Kilkenny’s heroic cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has been recognised for her advocacy work and work as a mother, after the public deemed her Irish Mother of the Year. This morning, the RTÉ Guide announced the winner of the Celebrity Mother of the Year, an award voted on by the public – and the public chose […]

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Hero Kilkenny campaigner Vicky has her eye on seat in the Seanad

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

Kilkenny cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she wants to become an independent senator. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who published her best-selling memoir Overcoming last September, said she has been thinking of entering politics for some time, but needed to get approval from her doctors. Vicky, who is currently director of literacy development at Waterford

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Hero campaigner Vicky tops list of ’10 people who most affected our lives’

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

Kilkenny mother-of-two Vicky Phelan has topped a list of ’10 people who most affected our lives’ over the past decade. The hero cervical cancer campaigner was the first person on the list published by the Irish Independent. Headlined ‘The woman who lifted lid on a health scandal’, the Moocoin woman was described as someone who […]

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CervicalCheck scandal: 12 women given incorrect test results have since died

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

The controversial CervicalCheck programme missed opportunities to prevent or diagnose cancer earlier in 159 women, 12 of whom have since died, an independent review has found. The report by the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) found that one-in-three of the women who were tested received the wrong smear results. In May 2018 […]

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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. […]