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Coroner Aisling Gannon recorded a verdict of death by suicide. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Dublin woman starved herself to death, inquest hears

May 5, 2021, 16:53

Elizabeth Radhakrishnan (33) was badly affected by death of her mother, says cousin

Gardaí believe the driver may have mistakenly put the transmission in her automatic vehicle into the “drive” position when she intended to reverse. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Elderly Dublin motorist has no memory of running over her sister-in-law, inquest hears

April 30, 2021, 16:21

Postmortem report found woman died from severe brain injuries and verdict of accidental death recorded by coroner

Denis Walsh and his son Michael with a photograph of Denis Walsh Junior at the inquest this week. Photograph: Eamon Ward

Coroner says 25 years it took to identify remains of Denis Walsh ‘compounded’ family’s trauma

April 30, 2021, 15:31

Inquest hears call for establishment of database of unidentified human remains found in the State

File photograph of a red deer stag. Photograph: iStock

Huntsman (45) died after being attacked while feeding stag, inquests hears

April 28, 2021, 17:02

Gerard Withers suffered severe lacerations and bruising to chest and head

The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Forensic experts unable to identify cause of fire which led to death of pensioner

April 13, 2021, 15:56

Investigators say sofa was centre of fire but no accelerant, candles, electrical device found

Patrick Byrne (85) died from malignant mesothelioma – a form of cancer caused by inhaling asbestos fibres which affect the lungs and heart.

Inquest hears former factory worker’s death was due to occupational-related disease

April 7, 2021, 16:07

Family of deceased express concern for others who may have been exposed to asbestos

Relatives of the late Paddy McElhone - including his sister Mary McCourt (front left) and his brother Michael McElhone (front right) - stand outside Omagh courthouse after a coroner delivered the findings of an inquest into his death. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.

Shooting of farmer by British army in 1974 ‘unjustified’, coroner rules

January 21, 2021, 14:11

Paddy McElhone (24) died after sustaining a wound through his back in Co Tyrone

Noah Donohoe (14), who was found dead in north Belfast last June.

Book on disappearance of Noah Donohoe referred to Attorney General

January 18, 2021, 17:31

Solicitor says boy’s mother described publication as ‘trespassing on her grief’

Pilot Niall Bowditch and Kacpar Kacprzak on the day of the fatal crash on May 13th, 2018.

Plane was ‘flying like torpedo’ before crash that killed pilot and boy (7), inquest hears

December 18, 2020, 21:17

Jury finds deaths of Niall Bowditch and passenger Kacper Kacprzak were accidental

The McCarthy family from Ballinadee, Co Cork: The late Paddy McCarthy is in the centre at the back. Also pictured, left to right, are his son Thomas, son Niall, daughter Anna, wife Ann and daughter Rachel. Photograph: courtesy of Rachel McCarthy

Children of Cork farmer who died by suicide at family grave ask sufferers to seek help

December 9, 2020, 16:04

Coroner at inquest says he never presided over a sadder case and tells McCarthy family local community feels their pain

Clockwise from top left: Shaun Harkin, Daniel Scott, John Harley and Mícheál Roarty were killed in a single-vehicle road crash in Co Donegal

Four friends killed after car shot 20m into field and landed on roof, inquest hears

December 4, 2020, 16:56

Car was travelling at a speed of 120km/h on a road governed by an 80km/h speed limit

The coroner, Dr Cróna Gallagher, returned a verdict of accidental death.

Man fatally impaled on spike while mistakenly fleeing gardaí, inquest hears

November 13, 2020, 14:01

Ciprian Aioanei (38) got caught on garden gate in Dublin as he thought he was being chased

The body of Noah Donohoe (14) was recovered from a storm drain near the M2 motorway in Belfast in June, six days after he went missing.

Police looking into ‘health and safety’ issues in Noah Donohoe inquiry

November 2, 2020, 12:58

Inquest taking place after teenager found in storm drain six days after going missing

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Inquest into death of girl (17) in Mayo Covid ward stopped over rule breach

October 19, 2020, 21:20

More than permitted 14 people in courtroom, as man refuses to leave or identify himself

The relatives of those who died in the Stardust disaster pictured outside the Dublin City Coroner’s Court, before an inquest pre-hearing took place. Photograph: Damien Eagers

Stardust preliminary inquest hearing a ‘momentous step’ in path to justice

October 14, 2020, 17:45

Families of 1981 fire victims have to now ‘been met with obstacle after obstacle’, solicitor says

The coroner returned an open verdict in what he described as a “very tragic and sad case” involving the death of a young mother.

Mother (48) died after anaphylactic reaction to penicillin

August 17, 2020, 21:30

Open verdict returned at inquest described by coroner as ‘very tragic and sad case’

Anthony Mason never fully recovered and was diagnosed with locked-in syndrome after surgery. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Man with locked-in syndrome expressed wish not to continue living

March 5, 2020, 13:06

‘He had a happy life, he was just tired,’ says sister of man who fell from bicycle 16 years before death

Ryan McCarthy (25) from Grangebrook Avenue, Rathfarnham.

Cyclist who died was trying to overtake road sweeper, inquest told

March 4, 2020, 14:52

Witness saw Ryan McCarthy attempting to swerve in Rathfarnham ‘but it was too late’

A post mortem showed the presence of substances including methadone in Devlin’s body.

Friends unknowingly covered dying man’s face with sauce as a joke

February 12, 2020, 14:13

Inquest hears foodstuffs placed on James Devlin’s face were not a factor in his death

Giselle Marimon-Herrera from Colombia and her teenage daughter Allison were murdered in Newry in 2019.

Coroner describes double killing of woman and teenage daughter as ‘barbaric’

February 6, 2020, 20:48

‘One of the most difficult’ inquests he has ever presided over

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