Family Backs Inquiry After Smear Test Tragedy

Calls for a public inquiry into Northern Ireland's cervical screening service have been supported by the family of Louise Corbett Gibbons, who died at 24 from cervical cancer in 2008. Her death, attributed to a misread smear test, has brought renewed attention to screening service issues.

While not directly linked to the Southern Health Trust scandal, her family joined campaigners marking three years since that controversy emerged. The Southern Trust scandal necessitated rechecking the smear tests of 17,500 women, highlighting systemic issues within the screening program.