Girl with cerebral palsy gets €1.9m settlement

The High Court has approved a €1.9m settlement for a three-year-old girl who suffered cerebral palsy at birth. Milogros Martin, whose mother is Peruvian and whose father Ruairi is from Co Dublin, was born in December 2011, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda.She...

Sally Rowlette inquest returns medical misadventure verdict

A jury has returned a verdict of death by medical misadventure in the case of Sally Rowlette who died in Sligo Regional Hospital on February 5th last year the day after she gave birth to her fourth child. After the verdict, her husband Seán said he hoped lessons had...

Mother suffered stroke after Sligo hospital birth, inquest hears

An inquest has opened into the death of a 36-year-old woman at Sligo General Hospital. Sally Rowlette, from Dromore West, died after giving birth to her fourth child in February 2013. The inquest heard that she suffered a stroke after being admitted to hospital with...

Woman settles for Euro 2.5m over disability

A DISABLED young woman with cerebral palsy has secured €2.5 million in settlement of her High Court action over alleged negligence in the circumstances of her birth at Letterkenny General Hospital. A DISABLED young woman with cerebral palsy has secured [euro]2.5...