Boy paralysed after Wexford hospital treatment awarded €3.8m

A settlement of €3.8 million has been agreed by the Health Service Executive in the case of a 12-year-old boy who was left paralysed after being treated for meningitis. Matthew McGrath was left without the use of his arms and legs after contracting meningitis when he...

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...