Medical Misadventure Returned at Sligo Inquest

Teresa Dwyer, from Monasteraden in Co Sligo, was a patient in the rehab unit of the hospital and had been told to bang her fist or a glass on her bedside locker or to shout if she needed attention. This was because there was no call bell system in place at the...

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...