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The family of cervical cancer victim Joan Lucey has settled the High Court action which brought the deathbed plight of the retired Dingle nurse to public attention last month.
Ms Lucey died, aged 73, just hours before the mediation she had bravely fought for was finally to get underway - with the talks agreed as her health deteriorated amid what her family said, they believed, was the stress of the ongoing case.
Ms Lucey tragically died just before midnight on Friday, February 19, with talks set to finally begin on the Saturday. They were put back until Tuesday of last week, by which time Ms Lucey s Funeral had been held in her native Dingle amid widespread mourning and tributes.
THE family of Kerry woman Joan Lucey has settled a High Court action over her cervical smear slides.
The court was told on Thursday the action which had been continued by her son and daughter when Mrs Lucey died last week has been resolved.
The retired nurse and widow died last Friday just hours after the HSE and the laboratories pledged to begin mediation towards resolving the case and after her lawyers had gone to court twice pleading for mediation to begin as Mrs Lucey was on her deathbed.
Mediation had continued after her death but the court was previously told it had been unsuccessful after ending at 10pm last Tuesday night.