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After 10 Years and Crumbling Health, Ex-Air Corps Tech Wins €2m Battle Over Toxic Chemical Exposure in the Workplace

After 10 Years and Crumbling Health, Ex-Air Corps Tech Wins €2m Battle Over Toxic Chemical Exposure in the Workplace

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Former Irish Air Corps technician Gary Coll secured a €2 million settlement after suffering severe health issues from toxic chemical exposure at Casement Aerodrome. His case exposes safety failures, hazardous initiation rituals, and systemic negligence. With nine lawsuits pending and a Defence Forces tribunal underway, it raises urgent questions about accountability and long-term health risks in the Irish military.

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Inequality of Arms in Medical Negligence in Ireland
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October 28, 2014
Inequality of Arms in Medical Negligence in Ireland Our medical negligence solicitors team at Coleman Legal Partners are fully aware of and sympathetic to the financial difficulties that face patients who have become victims of medical negligence in Ireland. While in 2006, the Legal Aid Board instituted a Medical Negligence Unit, operating as a specialist […]

Inequality of Arms in Medical Negligence in Ireland

Our medical negligence solicitors team at Coleman Legal Partners are fully aware of and sympathetic to the financial difficulties that face patients who have become victims of medical negligence in Ireland.

While in 2006, the Legal Aid Board instituted a Medical Negligence Unit, operating as a specialist law centre dealing with cases in the health sector, the Board only provides funding to claimants in approximately 10% of the cases advanced against the State every year.

The following is an article discussing the disparity between the generous resources available to the State and the limited resources available to ordinary members of the public when litigating medical negligence cases:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/victims-left-to-flounder-in-medical-negligence-cases-1.1958328

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