Our Roger Murray SC represents a woman who, through her sister, sued the HSE claiming a cyst on her brain was not diagnosed for over two years. Her High Court action was settled with an interim payment of €3 million. The 30 year old woman, who cannot be identified by...
An inquest is an official enquiry, held in public and led by a Coroner (sometimes held with a jury) to enquire into the cause of a sudden, unexplained or violent death. In the case of some deaths an inquest is legally required. In other cases an inquest is held at...
Almost five years after the death of newborn baby Danny Ryan, the HSE has apologised to his parents, Brenda and Michael. An inquest in June 2019 heard the cause of Danny’s death was severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen. The case, which was before the Court for...
Niamh Ní Mhurchú is Joint Managing Partner at Callan Tansey Solicitors, an experienced Medical Neglignece specialist and a mother of four children. Here she discusses the importance of listening to new mothers, hearing about their birth experience, and learning from...
An inquest was held into the death of Mrs. Patricia Bewick at Tralee Circuit Court on July 14th 2022. Mrs. Bewick, from Tarbert, Co. Kerry was a much loved mother and grandmother who had a penicillin allergy. She died in University Hospital Kerry on the July 17th...
The High Court has approved a settlement of €850,000 against the HSE over the circumstances of the birth, 46 years ago, of a woman with Cerebral Palsy. Paula Corcoran from Sligo was born in Galway Regional Hospital in 1976. It is believed to be the first medical...
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