Aoife Johnston waited over 15 hours for life-saving antibiotics that came too late The 16-year old passed away from a sepsis infection at UHL in 2022. Antibiotics which the inquest heard would ...

Another week, another inquest, another family grieving a lost child, another bout of official handwringing, inadequate explanation and, so far, zero accountability. Aoife Johnston’s death was no ...

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An inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston, the 16-year-old who died from meningitis at University Hospital Limerick in December 2022, returned a verdict of medical misadventure on Thursday ...

A cara, – Mr John McNamara, presiding coroner at Limerick Coroner’s Court, said of Aoife Johnston’s death that: “There were systemic failures, there were missed opportunities, there were ...

Remember that ominous countdown on Sturgill Simpson’s website that nobody could figure out? Well, it looks like it was counting down to a very special announcement! Sturgill Simpson will ...

Aoife Johnston’s death should “not have happened” and must lead to a review of care in the Limerick area, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. Ms Johnston, 16, died in University Hospital ...

A chara, – Doctors and paramedics suffered through the inquest (“Systemic failures at University Hospital Limerick led to death of Aoife Johnston, says coroner”, April 26th). All were shaken ...