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Inspirational Kilkenny heroes nominated for Book of the Year award

By Kilkenny Now 26th October 2019 0

KILKENNY is well represented in the An Post Irish Book Awards 2019 nominations. The written accounts of two inspirational Kilkenny figures, Eoin Larkin and Vicky Phelan, and the battles they encountered during their lives, are shortlisted for Ireland’s most prestigious writing award. Eight-time All-Ireland winner, Eoin Larkin sees his book “Camouflage – My Story”

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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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‘We’ve grown apart’ – hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan reveals her marriage has broken up

By Kilkenny Now 19th October 2019 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has revealed her marriage has broken-up, but says she is still happily living with her husband. The Kilkenny mother-of-two, who played a pivotal role in uncovering the CervicalCheck scandal last year, says she is still “great friends” with her husband Jim. The Mooncoin woman said they decided to stay […]

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A life less ordinary: brave Kilkenny campaigner Vicky’s memoirs hit the shelves

By Kilkenny Now 12th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S inspirational cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan will see her first book go on sale today. ‘Overcoming’ is the moving memoir from the Mooncoin mother-of-two who rose to national prominence when she uncovered how hundreds of cervical smear tests had been misread. The 45-year-old was only diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2017, […]

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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 […]

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Hero Kilkenny cancer campaigner to bring memoirs on tour

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY woman battling both the Government and cancer is set to bring her upcoming book on a tour of the country. CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan, from Mooncoin, has been seeking accountability and reform of the CervicalCheck system after unearthing a catalogue of errors in the process. The Kilkenny native took a […]

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‘Women have been failed again’ – Kilkenny CervicalCheck campaigner on latest scandal

By Kilkenny Now 10th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan says women have been failed yet again by the health service. The Mooncoin mother-of-two took to twitter to vent her deep frustration at the latest CervicalCheck revelations which reveal consistent failures in the screening and reporting process. “Lessons do not appear to have been learned,” Ms […]

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Kilkenny campaigner Vicky lost boyfriend and two pals in horror crash when she was just 19

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2019 0

KILKENNY cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has spoken of the time she lost a boyfriend and two friends in a devastating car crash that left her with serious injuries. The mother-of-two was involved in the horrific car accident while she was on a trip in France in 1994, when she was just 19. “It was […]

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‘If I get two years, I’ll be delighted’ – hero campaigner Vicky Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2019 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she “won’t be here for two or three years” unless a drug or a cure can be found. The Kilkenny mother-of-two spoke candidly of the difficulty she faces some days in coming to terms with the reality of her illness during an interview with the Love and […]

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‘RIP cervical cancer warrior’ – Kilkenny’s Vicky Phelan pays moving tribute to fellow campaigner

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

KILKENNY campaigner Vicky Phelan paid an emotional tribute to her fellow “cervical cancer warrior” Tracey Brennan who was laid to rest today. Ms Brennan had tirelessly lobbied the Government alongside Ms Phelan and fellow campaigner Aine Morgan (pictured together above) for the expensive Pembrolizumab drug to be available to every single woman enduring cervical cancer.