Increase in Number of Newborn Deaths in Irish Hospitals
Five times more baby deaths and baby birth-related injuries were reported to the HSE in 2023 compared to 2016, new figures reveal. Listen here to our Scarlett Griffin O’Sullivan discussing this topic on Galway Talks with John Morley. (28 minutes into audio from 9-10am). Media Links Irish Examiner See also: Mullingar hospital apologises following death […]
Birth Injury Claims
Birth Injury Claims: What you need to Know about Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) The HSE have launched an external review into the births of 9 babies at Portiuncula University Hospital in Co Galway born between 2023 – 2025. According to reports, 7 of the children born underwent therapeutic brain cooling to reverse the effects of […]
Urgent Need To Introduce The New Regulations on PPO (Periodic Payment Orders)
Our David O’Malley, Joint Managing Partner, who has represented many of those who brought proceedings as a result of being catastrophically injured at birth, said that there is now an urgent need to introduce the new regulations, which appear to be in the offering after 11 years of waiting. Media Links Irish Examiner David O’Malley […]
€1.5m interim settlement for girl brain injured at birth
The High Court has approved an interim settlement of €1.5 million in the case of a now 15-year-old girl who was brain injured at birth. Our David O’Malley, who represented the family, quoted at The Four Courts: “Sarah is waiting over 11 years for adequate PPO legislation. This is the fourth time the case has […]
€320,000 Settlement after newborn left with chemical-type burn
The High Court has agreed a settlement totaling €320,000 in the lawsuit involving a seven-year-old girl who, as a newborn, suffered a chemical-type burn purportedly due to a wipe left in her incubator at a maternity hospital. During the proceedings, it was disclosed that the wipe, containing a solution of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate, remained unnoticed […]
Stillbirth of baby could have been avoided if doctors had delivered the boy earlier, inquest hears
The inquest into the stillbirth of baby Noah O’Shea-Rodgers at Wexford General Hospital in 2020 concluded with a verdict of medical misadventure. The jury found that the baby’s death could have been avoided if doctors had delivered him at an earlier stage due to complications with the mother’s preeclampsia, a condition associated with high blood […]
€10.5m settlement for boy’s birth injury
The High Court has approved a settlement of €10.5 million in the case of a 12-year-old boy who was brain injured around the time of his birth.
‘He was our wee fighter’ – parents of baby Cormac who died after milk feed
Baby Cormac was born with a congenital heart defect weighing 1.6 kilograms at 36 weeks gestation on June 13 2016.
Father slams ‘legislative failure’ which forces children with cerebral palsy to come before courts
The president of the High Court has approved a further payment for a young girl with cerebral palsy, bringing to €3m total payments agreed to date
Family settle case with HSE over ‘tragic’ death of newborn son; feeding tube perforated baby’s heart
The parents of a baby boy who died eight days after his birth at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda have settled their case against the HSE for an undisclosed sum.