The Kilkenny school sexual abuse case involving Martin O’Flaherty reveals the suffering of 29 boys, with recent court proceedings uncovering new victims after 40 years.
John McClean, a former teacher at Terenure College, has been convicted of further offences in the Terenure College abuse scandal involving multiple former students.
A radiographer at Tallaght Hospital was found guilty of professional misconduct A radiographer dismissed from his position at Tallaght University Hospital following a complaint about his conduct while carrying out an X-ray on a 16-year-old patient in 2023 has been...
State Claims Agency review highlights failures in maternity care The State Claims Agency has reviewed claims concluded between 2015 and 2019. Findings include: • Failure to appropriately monitor fetal heart rates was a feature in over 50% of the cases reviewed. •...
HSE orders external review of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital Concerns relating to the provision of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital have led to external reviews being conducted into the delivery of nine babies there since 2023. On the 27th of...
High Court rules against HSE Standard Operating Procedure for assessments of needs In January 2020, the HSE introduced a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for assessing applications for Assessments of Needs (AON) for children. This provided that assessment would take...
Landmark asbestos case: Dianne Willmore wins £240,000 before passing from mesothelioma Dianne Willmore, a wife and mother of two, was only 49 years old when she died of mesothelioma in 2009. Her death, in October of that year, occurred mere hours after the Court of...
