CM Haughey Solicitors

Following up on the unnecessary Hip Surgeries Scandal We are currently working with many families and despite all the assurances from the Children’s Health Ireland, CHI, some families who are looking for their medical records are being stonewalled by the hospitals. This is…

People in care during the pandemic were often refused hospital transfer. Why were hospitals refusing nursing home residents? Who made these decisions & why were these decisions made? As heard this week in UK Covid Inquiry, were Irish nursing homes also put under 'intense…

#Whistleblowers @HSELive @shaunabowerss Let us never forget the courage & conviction of our whistleblowers, for reporting patient health and safety issues. Their disclosures make a huge difference…good to see the HSE acknowledging “valid disclosures” @MargoHannon…

#HighCourt @IrishTimes @HSELive Family achieve settlement and apology for the tragic death of 44 year old man “negligently discharged from Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda”

#HighCourt @Independent_ie Interim Payment for 12 year old boy “jointly” against Dublin City Council and General Practitioner. Case will return to Court in 6 years time.

Who decided that it was the end for Kieran's father? #carehomes #CareChampions #ireland #irish #news #podcast #podcastclips @CareChampions2 @KeithWalsh34071

HSE paid €720,000 invoice twice using different systems, audit finds -Martin Wall More than €4m due from health insurers written off due to delays in submitting bills, HSE’s accounts for last year show irishtimes.com/politics/2025/…

We know parents whose children have died. In our advocacy community, they want the same thing: honesty, answers, respect. We’ve spoken with Suzi, whose daughter Amelia died on 13 June 2024. A letter from CHI saying Amelia was “fine” arrived the day of her funeral. Suzi has asked…

Elderly Cork man died after week-long delay in acting on X-ray showing swallowed dentures - Eoin English The HSE admitted failures care after a week-long delay in acting on an X-ray showing swallowed dentures The apology for the diagnosis delay, and for other failings in the…

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More than 80% of CervicalCheck samples handled by private international labs -Shauna Bowers The figures were released to Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane, who has called for the service to increase the use of public, domestic laboratories. A spokeswoman for 221+, a…

Twenty new beds to tackle 33% rise in eating disorder referrals -Shauna Bowers Currently, the State has just three public inpatient eating disorder beds for adults who are acutely unwell, all of which are in St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin. irishtimes.com/health/2025/07…

#GDPR @DPCIreland @CHI_Ireland @HSELive @CarrollJennifer #MedicalRecords #HipSurgeyScandal The omission of any “paper record/entry/report/letter” from a medical chart is a serious data breach - including radiology reports signed and dated by radiologists. @CHI_Ireland &…

Droimnín Nursing Home in Stradbally was found to be non-compliant in eight out of nine categories. “Residents were not always supervised in communal areas and call bells were not within reach for some residents, leaving them unable to request help when needed. Inspectors…

Three out of five breast cancer patients in Republic face financial and mental stress - Niamh Griffin Patients in the North face fewer direct costs. They can get free parking for treatment appointments and travel expenses for those on benefits. In contrast, patients in the…

A Dublin children’s hospital has had a “serious data-protection breach” after a patient’s healthcare record was “misplaced”, a memo sent to staff said. Separately, the DPC carried out an unannounced inspection at #CHI Tallaght last week on foot of a complaint. #databreach…

Rain falls ☔️ and a national children’s hospital floods. How? Blocked drains? Poor maintenance? Crumbling infrastructure? No context. No detail. No accountability. What flooded? Who was affected? Why did it happen? @CHI_Ireland @HSELive @roinnslainte @BernardGloster…

🔍 The HSE is failing in its oversight of CHI. There is no real accountability. 📣 Families have raised serious concerns directly with HSE leadership, including CEO Gloster. @BernardGloster @CcoHse @KateOFla 📤 Instead of investigating, the HSE sends these concerns back to CHI…

Change the word “citizens” for “newspapers” and this gets more accurate

🤫 On Tuesday 15th July Sinn Féin brings a motion to the Dáil calling on the Government to deliver appropriate care to women with endometriosis. As women affected watch the debate from the public gallery, Danny Healy-Rae TD speaks passionately in favour of the motion appealing…

The HSE has settled, for €75,000, a ­lawsuit taken against it by the doctor who helped uncover the scandal at the South Kerry Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs). Dr Maya Sharma, formerly known as Ankur Sharma, had sued for damages over alleged mistreatment…