Newly released data shows that out of the more than 2,000 complaints lodged against dentists in the past four years, over 1,500 related to one practitioner in particular. Anne Hahessy, the practitioner from Oranmore, Co Galway, has agreed to refrain from practice...
The outstanding liability of Irish hospitals for accidents will likely surpass €4bn this June when fresh figures are to be published. These accidents include infant injury claims and slip and falls in Irish hospitals. However, medical negligence specialists argue that...
Joseph Marmion, a former teacher and priest in the Jesuit Order, has been the subject of 93 complaints alleging emotional, physical and sexual abuse of young boys in his care. Forty-five of these allegations were sexual in nature. This was revealed in a report...
The release of an independent review of spinal surgeries carried out at Temple Street Children’s Hospital has been pushed back following the identification of 17 new “cases of concern.” The UK expert leading the investigation, Selvadurai Nayagam, has...
Galway University Hospital has issued an apology to the parents of Baby Chelsie McDonagh, who died five months after being born “head first” onto the floor. The incident occurred when Valerie McDonagh, Chelsie’s mother, was asked to get up from her hospital bed while...