Lorraine Walsh says Ruth Morrissey spent the last two years of her life 'fighting for justice'

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Lorraine Walsh pays tribute to Ruth Morrissey, saying she spent the last two years of her life 'fighting for justice'

Ruth Morrissey pictured outside the High Court in Dublin in May 2019. Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie Ruth Morrissey pictured outside the High Court in Dublin in May 2019. Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie LORRAINE WALSH HAS paid tribute to Ruth Morrissey, saying the CervicalCheck campaigner spent the last two years of her life fighting for justice.The Limerick woman won a case against the HSE and two laboratories that examined her cervical smear tests.

“They fought her again and they brought her to the Supreme Court. And she proved it yet again that there was a breach of duty of care which ultimately cost her her life.” The HSE was ordered to award damages to her for not notifying her of the results of audits of her 2009 and 2014 smear tests.Morrissey passed away yesterday morning at Milford Hospice with her husband Paul by her side, a family statement said.

 

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