The HSE says it'll take until October to clear the backlog of smear testing that built up while Cervical Check was suspended.
The programme resumed yesterday, 17 weeks after being stopped due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
It now includes a new, more accurate HPV test that aims to detect it sooner for younger women and those in at-risk groups.
The HSE's chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry says knock-on delays to testing will continue into next year.
No Drones Please! Wicklow Mountains Airspace Gets a Temporary No-Fly Zone
Airspace within the TRA is restricted to use by aircraft authorised by the Permanent Defence Forces for five days.
Sinn Féin’s Denise Cahill Rounds On Independent Ireland For Backing Simon Harris
Sinn Féin Bray member questions Independent Ireland's backing for Simon Harris describing their decision as “betrayal of the people who believed they were voting for real independence and real change.”
Appeal For Witnesses And Camera Footage After Fatal Crash In Enniskerry
This death is understood to be the first road fatality recorded in County Wicklow this year.
Local TD Calls For Area-Based Payment Scheme For Farmers Raising the Prospect Of Crisis In the Sector
Wicklow Wexford TD Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin has raised the plight of farmers in the Dáil over the crisis facing Ireland’s tillage farmers.
Government Look To See Off Opposition Move Against Simon Harris
Aontú Blast Cynical Government Move To Bring Motion Of Confidence In Tánaiste Simon Harris
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