The brother of the late cervical cancer campaigner Laura Brennan says she will be smiling down on her legacy, following a surge in HPV vaccine uptake.
The 26-year-old Ennis woman died in March of last year, after campaigning heavily for young people to get the vaccine to prevent their bodies developing HPV-related cancers in later life.
The HSE has revealed a major increase in the vaccination rates – 90% of first year boys and girls in Clare availed of the first dose of the vaccine in September, higher than the national rate of 80%.
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Overall, that figure sat at 50% before Laura began her campaign and her brother Kevin says the family is delighted by the news:
