# Inquest

This month

January 2023

# Inquest

Cork coroner urges animal owners to be cautious after three-month-old baby killed in dog attack

The Cork coroner told the inquest that dogs can be unpredictable and can cause serious harm.

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Jan 19th 2023, 6:31 PM

Last year

2022

# gsoc

Inquest hears GSOC have compiled draft report on shooting of George Nkencho by Gardaí

GSOC said it was likely that the file would be forwarded to the DPP who will decide if criminal charges should be brought in relation to Mr Nkencho’s death.

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Dec 15th 2022, 6:09 PM

# Inquest

Peggy Morrissey was driving to safety of son, Marty Morrissey when involved in fatal crash

Peggy Morrissey was driving to stay at a hotel during Storm Barra

50.8k

Nov 4th 2022, 5:56 PM

# Inquest

Post-mortem results show Lisa Thompson was strangled and stabbed repeatedly in her home

The 52-year-old was found dead in her home in Ballymun on 10 May this year.

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Nov 2nd 2022, 1:59 PM

# Northern Ireland

Inquest findings into death of Derry mother shot by soldier to be sent to prosecution service

Kathleen Thompson was killed by a bullet to the chest in her back garden in Derry in 1971.

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Oct 5th 2022, 6:07 PM

# Crash

Amateur pilot said plane was ‘dodgy’ prior to footballer Emiliano Sala’s fatal flight

Sala was joining then Premier League club Cardiff City in a £15 million transfer.

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Sep 21st 2022, 9:30 AM

# Inquest

Parents asked to bring baby's body out back entrance of hospital, inquest told

Baby Kevin McNeill died at the National Maternity Hospital on 17 February 2019.

31.2k

Sep 20th 2022, 6:14 PM

# University Hospital Limerick

Hospital apologises as woman bled to death after 'urgent' scan not followed up on, inquest told

The UL Hospitals Group issued an unreserved apology to the family of Susan Doherty.

43.9k

Sep 19th 2022, 9:15 PM

# Dublin Coroner's Court

Newlywed killed in road crash was 'beautiful inside and out', inquest hears

Krista Rowan had married just weeks before the fatal incident.

53.6k

Sep 12th 2022, 9:54 PM

# Belfast

Coroner approves PSNI attempt to withhold material from Noah Donohoe inquest

Justice Michael Humphreys said disclosing the information would create a real risk of harm to the public interest.

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Sep 8th 2022, 12:05 PM

# Review

Defeat to Ireland was 'not acceptable,' says New Zealand Rugby chief

Meanwhile, Brodie Retallick has been ruled out for up to two months after Andrew Porter’s tackle on him.

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Jul 17th 2022, 9:32 AM

# saverio bellante

Inquest hears how man believed that killing his landlord 'would rid the world of evil'

Saverio Bellante was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity seven years ago.

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Jul 4th 2022, 5:51 PM

# Derry

Derry mother was shot by soldier in ‘unjustified’ circumstances, says coroner

Kathleen Thompson, a 47-year-old housewife, was killed by a bullet to the chest in her back garden in Derry in 1971.

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Jun 29th 2022, 4:42 PM

# Inquest

GSOC investigation into fatal shooting of George Nkencho by gardaí has 'made significant progress'

Nkencho was fatally wounded by members of the Garda Armed Support Unit outside his home in December 2020.

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Jun 27th 2022, 1:56 PM

# Luke Ramone Harper

Boy (8) died after inhaling helium from a balloon he had placed over his head, inquest hears

Luke Ramone Harper was pronounced dead at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin on April 2 last year.

53.9k

Jun 3rd 2022, 4:15 PM

# Inquest

Investigation finds 'uncontrollable spin' caused 2019 plane crash in Kildare, killing pilots

The investigation by the Air Accident Investigation Unit found no structural faults with the aircraft.

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May 27th 2022, 4:56 PM

# Inquest

Vincent Browne to assist inquest as witness to loyalist car bomb attack

Vincent Browne was a newspaper journalist working in Belfast in the 1970s.

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May 12th 2022, 6:13 PM

# Inquest

Lifebuoy missing from scene of drowning on Liffey quays in Dublin, inquest hears

Daniel Cullen died after falling into the Liffey at Sir John Rogerson Quay.

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Apr 20th 2022, 7:47 PM

# Inquest

Hearing into deaths of three men killed in N7 crash last year adjourned following family objection

The men died when their car burst into flames following a high-speed crash with a truck on the N7 while they were fleeing from gardaí.

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Apr 7th 2022, 5:28 PM

Perfectly healthy baby died as a result of medical misadventure at Mayo University Hospital

The inquest heard that Cian Hunt’s death was avoidable if he had been delivered at 36 weeks as was originally planned.

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Apr 5th 2022, 8:48 PM

# Inquest

Max Mosley took own life after learning he had just weeks to live, inquest hears

The former FIA president took his own life at his London home in May 2021

70.2k

Mar 29th 2022, 6:24 PM

# Inquest

Footballer Emiliano Sala died as result of plane crash, inquest jury finds

The Argentina-born striker died from head and chest injuries but was deeply unconscious, having been poisoned by carbon monoxide.

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Mar 17th 2022, 6:15 PM

# Inquest

12-year-old boy suffered 'severe and irreversible brain injury' after falling off stair bannister in school

The inquest heard that measures were taken to improve the safety of stairways at the school following Blaise Cunningham’s death.

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Mar 15th 2022, 5:29 PM

# Inquest

Accomplished swimmer drowned during early morning swim in Dublin Bay, inquest hears

The inquest heard Dr Holly Delaney-Rice was a regular swimmer and a gifted athlete who had run several New York marathons.

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Mar 10th 2022, 4:45 PM

# Inquest

Football agent denies knowingly organising ‘grey’ flight for Emiliano Sala

The aircraft that crashed into the Channel killing both the player and the pilot had no licence to carry paying passengers.

19.6k

Feb 24th 2022, 11:00 PM

# Inquest

Taoiseach promises action on Stardust fire inquest demand

A new Bill is being brought forward in the Seanad to ensure that the inquest is held before a jury.

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Feb 23rd 2022, 4:05 PM

# conor king

Parents of 22-year-old who died in camping tragedy praise friends who tried to save him

The inquest in to the young man’s death heard that his friends attempted to save him after he fell through ablowhole.

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Feb 22nd 2022, 8:30 PM

# Emiliano Sala

Emiliano Sala felt pressured into making record transfer, mother tells inquest

The footballer was killed in a plane crash as he flew to Wales from Nantes to complete a transfer to Cardiff City in January 2019.

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Feb 15th 2022, 5:05 PM

# Inquest

Family of woman killed at traffic lights call for sensors to be fitted to front of vehicles

Olivia Loader (48) died after being hit by the vehicle at the junction of Phibsborough Road and Connaught Street.

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Jan 25th 2022, 8:20 PM

All time

# marie downey

Jury in mother and baby inquest returns verdict of medical misadventure

The jury made a series of recommendations in the case.

22.6k

Nov 18th 2021, 9:48 PM

# Inquest

Mystery remains over why man killed his brothers in Cork, inquest told

The killings took place in Co Cork in February.

27.7k

Nov 17th 2021, 9:30 PM

# Inquest

Four-day-old boy sustained irreversible brain injury when mother collapsed out of hospital bed

An inquest into the deaths of Marie and Darragh Downey continued today.

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Nov 17th 2021, 4:29 PM

# Inquest

Husband says wife and newborn son may not have died if epilepsy guidelines had been followed

Marie Downey died following a sudden epileptic seizure at CUMH in March 2019.

30.6k

Nov 16th 2021, 10:50 PM

# Inquest

Bus passenger left on motorway after violent behaviour was fatally injured a short time later

The driver said he decided to move off as the passenger’s behaviour was both unpredictable and violent

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Nov 9th 2021, 7:38 PM

# Stardust fire

Calls for urgent resolution to legal fees impasse for Stardust families

Campaigners said this morning that the Department Of Justice has reneged on its “past promises” to pay for work undertaken by their legal representatives.

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Sep 16th 2021, 4:38 PM

# Inquest

Kilkenny hospital admits failures in care of mother whose son died shortly after birth

Baby Laurence Somers died at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin on 28 January 2018.

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Sep 14th 2021, 7:00 PM

# Inquest

Mother of newborn who died shortly after birth hits out at hospital staff for not updating her on son's condition

Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard emotional evidence from Gráinne Somers from Kilkenny.

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Sep 13th 2021, 6:35 PM

# Inquest

Man with disabilities died of complications from swallowing disposable gloves, inquest hears

Dublin Coroner’s Court heard Kevin Dillon had been examined at two hospitals in the days before his death.

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Sep 3rd 2021, 12:17 PM

# Inquest

Hospital offers apology to family of mother and infant son who died in single room onsite

The inquest into Marie Downey’s death opened today at Cork Coroners’ Court.

31.7k

Aug 30th 2021, 6:31 PM

# Courts

10-year-old boy found on ground after 1975 baton round discharge, inquest told

A coroner has begun hearing the legacy inquest into the death of Stephen Geddis in west Belfast in August 1975.

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Aug 23rd 2021, 5:44 PM