Leona Macken says getting an apology from the HSE means a lot to her.
The 38-year-old Cork woman was diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer in 2023, after previous smear tests in 2016 and 2020 were wrongly reported as 'normal'.
Yesterday, the High Court heard an apology from the HSE, which also agreed to pay an undisclosed amount in damages.
Mother of two, Leona says the apology was hugely important to her
"The apology probably isn't for everyone, but it meant a huge amount to me. Just the acknowledgement alone, from the failures and everything, and even the wording they used, it was a really good conclusion, I suppose to everything for us. We kind of didn't know whether we were going to get it - and there's been a lot of women in my position that didn't get that - so it is something I don't take for granted"
