THE MOTHER of the late Eve Cleary, who died within hours of being discharged from University Hospital Limerick (UHL), has said an apology from the Minister for Health is “too little, too late.” Melanie Cleary has been campaigning in her daughter’s name and memory, since not long after she died in 2019, at the age … Read more
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a man in his early 20s was seriously injured when the electric scrambler bike he was driving crashed in Co Clare. Emergency services responded to reports of the incident shortly after 11.30pm on Saturday at Bóthar na Luachra in Shannon. The driver was taken by ambulance to University Hospital … Read more
AN ELDERLY man who was assaulted by a 15-year-old while out for a walk was “punched forcefully” up to 12 times and the assault continued when he was on his knees “defenseless on the ground.” Sentencing in Limerick Circuit Court has been adjourned for a juvenile who has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm, along … Read more
An inquest into the death of a woman who died after giving birth to her son at home has returned a verdict of medical misadventure. Laura Liston died on June 5th, 2022 after giving birth to her first child in Croom, Co Limerick under the HSE home birth services. After she gave birth to a … Read more
In July 2022, 16-year-old Aoife Johnston was on holiday in Spain with her two parents. While there, she got her first tattoo: an infinity sign and rose to represent her nanny who had died almost two years earlier. Her 25-year-old sister Kate couldn’t believe her parents had let her, saying she “got away with so … Read more