Article on birth injury discussion on Midwest Radio May 21st

The restrictions on fathers attending at maternity hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions has once again highlighted how the needs and requirements of women while pregnant and giving birth are often overlooked, ignored and unheard. In Ireland conversations on the...

The medical negligence victim turned negligence solicitor

Johan Verbruggen knows a thing or two about the medical injury cases coming across his desk in his work as a lawyer, having been injured at birth himself. Some of the cases he handles involve the very same injury he suffered when his mother, Mary Verbruggen, gave...

€1.3m interim settlement for birth injury approved

The High Court has approved an interim settlement of €1.3 million in the case of a four-year-old girl who was brain damaged at birth.Sarah McFeely from Lismonaghan, Letterkenny, Co Donegal sued the Health Service Executive through her mother Bronagh Colhoun for...