People across Ireland owe a “huge debt of gratitude” to cervical cancer campaigner Laura Brennan, mourners have been told.Hundreds of people attended the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul in Ennis, Co Clare, on Wednesday to say farewell to Ms Brennan, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 24.
“That freedom was facilitated by parents and siblings, by the manner in which you allowed and helped her organise her schedule while adapting your own schedules so that she could do the things she wanted to do, in the middle of her personal illness. Since she went public, uptake of the HPV vaccine has increased almost 20 percentage points, from 51% in 2017 to 70% today.He added: “We need to remember that Laura loved life, the excitement of life, the parties, the holidays, the concerts, the weekends away, time for personal pampering and, of course, high-quality beauty products.
“So the courage, the awareness of the needs of others and the willingness to get involved in doing good which enabled her to engage as an advocate for the HPV vaccine was in action all her life.“With courage and dignity she accepted what she could not change and focused on trying to prevent the same fate visiting other young women and men.A number of symbols representing Ms Brennan’s life were presented to the altar.
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