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A Shannon family whose 16 year-old daughter died in an overcrowded Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) are demanding the immediate publication of a major report into her death. Aoife Johnston, Cronan Lawn, Shannon, died of meningitis in December 2022 after suspected sepsis that allegedly went untreated for more than 12 hours. Two months after the completion of an investigation into her death, conducted by former Chief Justice Frank Clarke, the Johnston family have expressed deep disappointment at the report they have been given, accusing the HSE of failing them and their late daughter again. Speaking on RTÉ’s Drivetime, the family’s solicitor, Damien Tansey, said the Johnstons consider the Clarke report as “utterly superficial”. Mr Tansey said that from the outset of the unpublished report, “it appears that the investigator, the former Chief Justice Clarke had a meeting with a senior counsel appointed by Mr [Bernard] Gloster” the HSE Chief Executive, indicating that there were “significant limitations and restrictions” …
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