Patricia Hickey

The singer’s mother had Irish parents, and her father had a black Venezuelan background

Woman with ‘no hope of recovery’ has been in a persistent vegetative state for 10 years

Neighbours separately raise objection with the High Court wards of court office

Judge hears woman, a ward of court in her 90s, has tested positive for disease

Unanimous ruling delivered in appeal linked to hospital preventing woman (96) leaving

Vulnerable 18-year-old was allegedly sexually abused by 12 males before she was aged 10

High Court heard young man had been at ‘death’s door’ before undergoing treatment

HSE sued over alleged failures to intervene to protect orphan living with couple without legal rights over her

Girl names 12 local individuals who came to her home and abused her in her bedroom

Judge says volume of cases suggests it may be cheaper to provide treatment in the State

Weekly court list dominated by new cases of mainly elderly people with dementia

Doctors fear woman in her 40s may die due to her ‘enormous’ alcohol consumption

Teenager, whose weight fell as low as 35kg, told judge visit would help ‘to motivate me’

Fifteen-year-old to be assessed with a view to securing a place in a specialist UK unit to address her treatment-resistant anorexia