Varadkar doubles down on language used in apology to CervicalCheck victims

Varadkar was responding to questions after a report was published in which staff in the health service expressed dismay at his use of the word “deceit”

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended the language he used in his apology to those affected by the CervicalCheck debacle last week, with a spokesman saying it was “regrettable that anyone in the health service sought to engage in anonymous criticisms”.

Varadkar was responding to questions after a report was published in which staff in the health service expressed dismay at his use of the word “deceit” when he made a formal apology to ...