RTÉ Radio One’s Ray D’Arcy Show yesterday
Yesterday.
On RTÉ’s Ray D’Arcy Show.
Mr D’Arcy spoke with Limerick mum-of-two Vicky Phelan, who has terminal cancer; Cork dad-of-two Stephen Teap, whose wife Irene died last year of cervical cancer, and Lorraine Walsh, from Galway, who cannot conceive due to having had cervical cancer.
The comprehensive hour-long interview with Mr D’Arcy followed the publication of Dr Gabriel Scally’s report into the CervicalCheck screening programme.
In the opening paragraph of his report’s foreword, Dr Scally wrote:
“This major crisis emerged into the public domain because of a failed attempt to disclose the results of a retrospective audit to a large group of women who had, unfortunately, developed cervical cancer. In particular, it emerged because of the extraordinary determination of Vicky Phelan not [to] be silenced. But there are many indications that this was a system that was doomed to fail at some point. “
Yet, at one point, Mr D’Arcy put it to Ms Phelan that she had found herself being criticised over the past few months.
Most notably, on August 1, Ms Phelan tweeted to say she was taking a break from Twitter and commenting publicly on the scandal, while mentioning that some people had been “condemning” her for “bringing down the cervical screening programme”.
Three weeks later, on August 21, Eilish O’Regan, in the Irish Independent, reported that there had been no fall-off in the number of women going for smear tests with CervicalCheck – despite the controversy.
Ms Phelan has repeatedly encouraged women to continue to get smear tests via CervicalCheck in all her interviews.
From yesterday’s discussion…
Ray D’Arcy: “I find it hard to believe, Vicky Phelan, but you have your critics. People are…”
Vicky Phelan: “Oh I’ve, by god, I do.”
D’Arcy: “And what are they saying?”
Phelan: “They’re not, you see, they’re clever enough in that they’re not explicitly saying, you know, mentioning me but, you know, it’s kind of going around about the house, saying that ‘all of these women’, you know with, ‘their obscene payouts’ will, you know, ‘bring down this screening programme’ and ‘screening saves lives’. But sure I’ve never said anything but, I’ve always said screening saves lives.”
“All I’ve ever said and I’ve never changed, and I’ve never wavered was that I had an issue with the way CervicalCheck was run. And I am vindicated today.”
D’Arcy: “Completely vindicated.”
Stephen Teap: “100% you are, yeah.”
Phelan: “Thank god, is all I can say. So I hope some people will eat humble pie I can tell you.”
D’Arcy: “They should read the report and come back to you.”
Via RTE Radio One
Previously: Cruel Summer
An absolute hero
100%. And I hope the treatment she’s recieving adds years to her prognosis so that she can live a good life.
I wouldn’t even wish what she has on her critics, but I hope every pee they have burns like acid and every poo is a hedgehog.
just waiting for Cian to come along and somehow find a way to bad-mouth her.
Don’t forget the other apologists..
Rob G, rotide..
He will be along. Not sure he can top yesterdays performance when he let us all know he thinks of the poor and marginalised in this country as filth. He represents a party of Fine Gael lackeys that think that too
Was that ‘filth’ remark not explained to you Ron on that very thread?
He offered an explanation that was akin to an excuse, and he ended by blaming Ron so not not really explained..
Right-ho;
The first post I could find from Ron – 20 months ago:
January 22, 2017 at 8:49 pm
[…]Well done President Trump. If only they would get out and protest against what the filth in Leinster House are doing to them. It’s the most laughable thing I’ve ever seen.
https://www.broadsheet.ie/2017/01/21/de-sunday-papers-194/#comment-1736123
A few days later. Ron’s at it again:
January 30, 2017 at 12:58 am
[…]The filth in Leinster House are in no position to be lecturing other Heads of State about Human Rights when Irish citizens are literally dying on our streets. #politicalscum
and on and on it goes….100s of examples from Ron
My favorite is probably:
July 24, 2018 at 2:46 pm
I’ll have a go at what happened here. Bankers are filth. They are supported by the filth in Leinster House. The public are finally waking up to the antics of the filth that have been lording it over the citizens of this country. FF, FG, Labour, IA …. all filth bags.
I’m flattered that you take such an interest. It’s also really pathetic on your behalf and just confirms the type of horrible old man you are. I’m not sure what your suffering from but I’m sure it’s hard to pronounce
I don’t think I’ve ever bad mouthed her. I think she has been amazing and I wish her well.
I have bad mouthed the media for their reporting.
Go way outta that Cian. Full of the usual wind and p-iss you are. You were making sly digs at her on a post last week about the gigantic payout she got in the courts as you see it. You come on here every day defending the indefensible. People like you always let your mask slip. You let it slip yesterday. Your quite entitled to your opinions but at least everyone here knows what a silly you are
“it was the mejia”
But they’re spot on about the coverage of the protest yday, right?
There is a difference between badmouthing Vicky. And badmouthing the judge that made the award.
maybe not, but I wouldn’t be surprised. You were defending the governments appauling handling of the whole thing. Which I can’t imagine how you’d do that now, after all we know .. but I’m sure you would, considering your connections with FG
Can you link to me “defending the government’s appauling handing” of this situation?
I have been consistent on this issue from the start.
I have defended Cervical Check from accusations of murder, or attempted murder – remember that’s where this started.
I have defended Cervical Check from accusations of not telling women that they had cancer.
I have defended Cervical Check from accusations of shoddy testing/outsourcing.
I have defended Cervical Check from accusations of a bad tendering processes.
I have defended Cervical Check from accusations of misogyny.
I have defended Cervical Check from accusations of a ‘cover-up’.
I have acknowledged that the open disclosure was badly handled.
I have never defended the HSE or the governments handling of this.
And guess what? The Scally report has vindicated most of what I have been saying.
Give it up Cian, most people have you figured out by now.