New figures provided by the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, show that Cian O’Carroll’s Cashel firm received the highest amount amongst plaintiff firms in medical negligence cases against the State in 2024 and 2023

Alfie O’Reilly was four days old when he died at Cork University Maternity Hospital in July 2020

A new package was co-designed with survivors and makes enhanced health, social care and independent living s available

The High Court heard the 20-year-old is profoundly neurologically impaired, has to use a wheelchair and is entirely dependent on others

Dr Niall Muldoon said he ed the comments made by former judge Dermot Simms, expressing concern over conditions for children in State care

Jamie Costello died in October 2019 after he left the Mental Health Unit at University Hospital Galway unattended

The State’s potential liability from all claims climbed by €498 million to €4.53 billion last year