Among the speakers confirmed for the event are Stephen Teap, who lost his wife Irene to cervical cancer.

Members of the public joined her family and friends at the celebration of her life in the Church of the Assumption in Mooncoin, Co Kilkenny

Ms Phelan has been laid to rest following a private funeral. 

Ms Phelan passed away in the early hours of Monday morning at Milford Hospice in Limerick. She died at the age of 48 after a long battle with cervical cancer.

Following a battle with the disease for years, the cervical cancer campaigner died in the early hours of yesterday morning, surrounded by her family, at Milford Hospice in Limerick.