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‘It’s for people I’m doing this, not awards’ – hero Kilkenny campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 0

HERO campaigner Vicky Phelan has slammed ongoing delays in the cervical cancer screening process as “unacceptable”. The Kilkenny mother-of-two spoke out a year after she was awarded €2.5m in a High Court action over the alleged misreading of her cervical cancer smear. The Mooocoin woman was recently forced to take a step back from campaigning […]

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Outrage as hero Kilkenny campaigner is clamped while receiving treatment at hospital

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2019 Post a comment

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan was left shocked after her car was clamped while she was receiving treatment at a Dublin hospital. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who was Grand Marshall of the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Kilkenny city earlier this month, recently announced she was taking a break from social media to focus on […]

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PICTURE SPECIAL: Thousands join in the St Patrick’s Day festival fun across Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2019 0

KILKENNY was buzzing in more ways than one today as an estimated 15,000 people thronged the city-centre for the 2019 St Patrick’s Day Parade. The city was a riot of colour, albeit mostly a shade of green, as people of all ages joined in the festival fun. Hero cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan led the […]

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What a buzz! Your complete guide to St Patrick’s Weekend in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2019 0

KILKENNY will be buzzing in more ways than one on St Patrick’s Day as the humble bee is adopted as the county emblem for this year’s bank holiday festivities. The chosen theme, ‘Bring Back the Bees’, aims to highlight how important bees are to our everyday life. The black and amber bee will be honoured […]

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‘I was very ill’ – hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan suffers serious health setback

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 Post a comment

CERVICAL cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has announced she has to step back from her advocacy work after she suffered a serious setback to her health. Last week it was announced that the mother-of-two, who is from Mooncoin, will be the Grand Marshal in Kilkenny’s St Patrick’s Day parade next month. Addressing her followers on social […]

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Hero campaigner Vicky Phelan to lead Kilkenny’s St Patrick’s Day Parade

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2019 0

CERVICAL cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan will lead the city’s annual St Patrick’s Day Parade next month. The Mooncoin mother-of-two has campaigned tirelessly on behalf of women who have been caught up in the Cervical Check controversy since emerged last year smear tests of 221 women failed to identify abnormalities. Councillor Joe Malone, who is Chairperson […]

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Kilkenny women urged to check for signs and symptoms of cervical cancer

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2019 0

KILKENNY women have been urged to look out for the symptoms and signs of cervical cancer in the wake of the tragic death of inspirational local woman Alice Taylor. Alice (26) tragically lost her fight against cervical cancer after she passed away last Friday in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. Tributes have poured in for […]

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‘Far too young to die’ – tributes paid to inspirational young Kilkenny woman who lost brave battle with cervical cancer

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny community has been plunged into mourning following the news that an inspirational and hugely popular young local woman has lost her brave battle with cervical cancer. Alice Taylor (26) from Ballycallan passed away on Friday at St Anne’s Ward in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. Alice had just started a new immunotherapy […]

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‘Leo Varadkar is all talk and no action’ – hero Kilkenny cancer campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2019 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has hit out at the Taoiseach over the Government’s response to the needs of cervical cancer patients since she exposed the CervicalCheck controversy last year. The Kilkenny Person of the Year, who is from Mooncoin, spoke out before she was awarded the Fitzgerald Bible Bruff Award for 2018 over […]

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‘This beautiful girl is 32 and can’t have sex again’ – campaigner Vicky lifts lid on stark reality of cervical cancer

By Kilkenny Now 30th December 2018 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she is determined to publicise some of the little-known but hugely-impactful difficulties of living with cervical cancer. Speaking on Miriam O’Callaghan’s radio show, the Kilkenny woman spoke about the “taboo subject” of sex after treatment for cervical cancer – and the stark reality that many women