Emma Mhic Mhathúna Dies At The Age Of 37

Emma Mhic Mhathúna, one of the women at the centre of the CervicalCheck controversy has died aged 37.

The mother of five from Kerry was one of the 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal which saw incorrect smear test results given out. US laboratory Quest Diagnostics Incorporated - one of the three laboratories processing smear-tests implicated in the scandal - said that it had misread two of Ms. Mhic Mhathúna's cervical smear tests in 2010 and 2013.

Ms. Mhic Mhathúna was diagnosed with terminal cancer this year and over the summer revealed that it had spread to her brain. As the CervicalCheck scandal unfolded she worked tirelessly to seek justice for those women who were so comprehensively let down by the HSE, recording media appearances and providing interviews to help ensure that those responsible were held to account.

Her family pursued legal action over the matter during the summer and successfully settled for €7.5 million.

According to RTÉ, she had been admitted to University Hospital Kerry recently and passed away there earlier today.

She is survived by her husband and her five children.