Elderly man who remained unidentified in psychiatric hospital for 30 years has died
DNA sample taken post-mortem being used in a bid to identify him
Subterfuge used to transfer high-risk teenager back to Ireland, court hears
Team of social workers had to ‘deceive boy into believing he was going on holidays’
Judge orders urgent transfer of elderly woman to nursing home
HSE secures High Court order to move woman due to safeguarding concerns
High Court approves ECT treatment for elderly priest
Doctors consider treatment ‘crucial’ to keep worst aspects of cleric’s depression at bay
Parents of profoundly autistic man find situation ‘untenable’, judge hears
HSE approves support for man in his 20s who is sometimes violent to his family members
Treatment ordered for man who could die due to neglect of personal hygiene
Man with mental health conditions living in appalling squalor, HSE tells court
High Court orders gardaí to return boy (14) to special care centre
Barrister for Tusla tells judge child is living on streets and is a serious danger to himself
Autistic man has made ‘enormous progress’ in care placement, court told
Evidence suggested man had been assaulted in home situation and exposed to pornography
Judge welcomes ‘remarkable’ recovery of man with anorexia
High Court heard young man had been at ‘death’s door’ before undergoing treatment
‘Very vulnerable’ woman to remain detained in psychiatric unit
Judge says woman does not meet criteria for involuntary detention but there is ‘no choice’
Judge criticises hospital’s discharge of intellectually disabled Traveller woman
Ward of court ended up staying in cramped caravan on unofficial halting site
HSE told to account for woman living in caravan in ‘appalling circumstances’
Patient was discharged from hospital and is now effectively homeless, court told
Man recorded threatening elderly mother restrained from visiting her in hospital
High Court told security called when he tried to remove woman from hospital bed in breach of earlier orders
Vulnerable intellectually disabled man to remain in psychiatric ward
Judge continues detention order to allow HSE to find a more appropriate placement
HSE seeks time to oppose actions over special needs assessment delays
Judge says situation, with some children waiting for years, should not be let continue
Woman who had court-ordered Caesarean ‘makes extraordinary recovery’
Woman is discharged from wardship as she no longer suffers from mental illness
Mentally ill woman ‘may be given’ contraceptive injection
Medics believe woman, who exhibits a ‘child-like quality’, at risk of another pregnancy
HSE seeks to induce mother with mental age of less than eight
Court hears medics have concerns for infant’s health due to woman’s mental capacity
Mentally ill woman indicates opposition to contraceptive implants
HSE application for court orders permitting administration of implants is adjourned
Woman gives chocolates to judge who ordered tumour removal
‘Judges are often criticised but rarely thanked. Thanks for saying thanks, very few do’
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