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...

Court approves €1.4m interim settlement for brain damaged girl

The High Court has approved an interim settlement of €1.4m in the case of a seven-year-old girl who was brain damaged after a failure to diagnose a serious medical condition in her mother in the days before her birth. Lawyers for Ruby McCandless criticised the Health...

I nearly died giving birth, mum claims

A WOMAN had a “near-death experience” when she began to haemorrhage internally after her baby was delivered by Caesarean section, the High Court has been told. Honey Larkin said she nearly died, and that by the time she was brought to an operating theatre...