David Brennan bought Vicky Phelan’s triptych portrait when it went up for auction in 2021. He has since shown it at 18 venues around the country to bring her awareness campaign to a wider audience

Following the CervicalCheck scandal, major reform was needed in how Irish slides are treated, including less reliance on labs in the US for testing. We look at the recent reopening of the Coombe laboratory and at how the screening process has changed in recent years

Women 'are still being dragged through the courts'

A message to Stephen Donnelly, Leo Varadkar, and Micheál Martin. Spare us your sorrow. Your expressions of regret. Spare us your faux concern for the weak and those who have been so badly screwed over by the State on your watch.

Roisín Molloy gave a qualified welcome to the new bill, paying tribute to the tireless efforts of campaigners such as Vicky Phelan.

The bill requires clinicians to fully inform patients of serious patient safety incidents.

From war to Wagatha Christie, what a year it's been

Sean Murray looks back at people in the public eye at home and abroad who died this year

As the year ends, it is appropriate to give some thought to who we have lost over the past 365 days

Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he is "open to persuasion", but that he has significant concerns about moves to legislate for assisted dying.

Sinn Féin had purposely slowed down the much-criticised Bill aimed at introducing mandatory open disclosure by filibustering during a four-hour Dáil debate

Patient Safety Bill, which will require the mandatory open disclosure of serious patient safety incidents, has been allocated just two hours for debate to go through more than 50 amendments

Local cancer support group volunteer reveals Vicky's generous donation when it was first set up

Vicky's brother Jonnie tells celebration the one bit of solace they have is that 'a nation of people got to love a girl as much as our family loved her'

These programmes are not infallible, but they are still hugely valuable

Micheál Martin, Gabriel Scally — and all the women harmed by the Cervical Check scandal — are now calling for radical reform

Gabriel Scally's Cervical Check report speaks of an 'obstructive' and 'callous' system. And that's exactly it. If the attitudes underlying the State's services do not change, they will keep on making victims of patients, writes Elaine Loughlin

Dr Gabriel Scally's final report states that women are being questioned about their association with the 221+ patient advocate group before clinicians consider treating them

The best way to honour Vicky Phelan is to implement all of the CervicalCheck recommendations both in 'letter and spirit', Dr Gabriel Scally has said

Our track record on putting survivors first is appalling — this needs to change

Ms Phelan's family have invited members of the public to her native Mooncoin, in Co Kilkenny, for a celebration of her life in the parish church

With all eyes on Cop27 in Egypt last week, the climate crisis received much-needed attention.

Her words about action, change, and accountability are amongst the most moving I have ever heard, from any orator, political or civilian, past or present, historical or contemporary

The latest Department of Housing data in October showed a year-on-year decline of 14% on the number of homes that were commenced.

The CervicalCheck campaigner and mother-of-two died in the early hours of Monday morning at Milford Care Centre after "a long illness borne with great dignity"

We feel a great sense of loss at the death of Vicky Phelan. Hearing so many tributes to Vicky on radio and in the media in general, I wish I had known her, and I feel I did. She touched so many lives with her stubborn refusal to be silenced.

The late Vicky Phelan and the 221+ group raised serious concerns around the tribunal before it was established, claiming it was not fit for purpose

Speaking on his radio show, broadcaster Ryan Tubridy paid tribute to Ms Phelan saying that "some people are too alive to die, and she was one of those people".

Veteran broadcaster Charlie Bird said cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan was his Samaritan – as he described her as an “incredible human being”.

Eveything you need to know about booking in your next smear test and the best time to do it

Vicky Phelan used her voice not just to challenge, but to rock the system, and she left behind a considerable legacy

A book of condolences will be available to sign in Cork City Hall between Monday and Friday from 9am to 5pm for two weeks

Calls for action on mandatory disclosure, the return of testing to Irish labs, and dying with dignity measures

The Fianna Fáil leader told the Dáil Vicky Phelan’s legacy will be “more effective and more respectful” treatment for the women who come after the late cervical cancer campaigner.

Michael McGrath said Vicky Phelan's refusal to sign a nondisclosure agreement is what opened up CervicalCheck to public scrutiny

The battle for the Dying with Dignity Bill has only just begun but Vicky Phelan’s backing of it helped to sway many TDs away from the party line, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

Dr Gabriel Scally’s report into CervicalCheck was a collaborative effort leading to change

The majority of legal claims lodged against the state were received by the State Claims Agency in 2021, the year the tribunal began accepting claims, when 103 claims were lodged

'There's plenty of us here':  Stephen Teap said he and his fellow CervicalCheck campaigners would continue Vicky Phelan's work and her fight for transparency for as long as it takes

Vicky Phelan was much more than a woman who had been failed, she was a disruptive force in the face of intransigent bureaucracy

As the country mourns the loss of Vicky Phelan, our readers have been sharing their tributes

Vicky Phelan's impact on women's health in Ireland will be felt long into the future, NWCI director Orla O'Connor tells Marjorie Brennan

"I don't want your apologies. "I don't want your tributes. "I don't want your aide de camp at my funeral. "I don't want your accolades or your broken promises.

Vicky Phelan worked closely with survivor Lorraine Walsh and widowed Stephen Teap to set up the 221+ group for people affected by the scandal, writes Shauna Bowers