EPISODE · Jul 18, 2026 · 28 MIN
“I want to make the women of Ireland safer” - Leona Macken
from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1
Mother of two Leona Macken is living with incurable Stage Four Cervical Cancer. She talks to Claire about receiving an apology and settlement from the HSE after she learnt that abnormalities on smear test result analyses were missed. She speaks about the need for further improvements to the National Screening Programme.
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