Mr Gloster said that he  was very conscious that every time the case was spoken of that there was a family involved who were coping with what had been “the worst possible outcome.”

The girl suffered brain damage, has cerebral palsy, and has to use a wheelchair, it was claimed before the High Court

The girl settled her High Court action against the HSE with an interim payout of €1.7 million.

The deceased, who was named locally as Aoife Johnston (16) from Cronan Lawn, Shannon, Co Clare, was struck by the illness last weekend and died at University Hospital Limerick, Monday.

The Coombe hospital in Dublin has apologised to a teenage boy with autism and his family for the failings in care after his birth

Consultant microbiologist Dr Sinead O’Donnell is urging the public to be up to date with their meningitis vaccine and for parents to trust their instincts if they feel their child could have the disease which has led to deaths in recent days.

The HSE is urging parents to make sure their children are up to date with their MenB vaccines after three cases of meningitis were discovered recently

Adam Mulchrone was examined in an emergency department but was discharged four hours later without a second evaluation of his case

The boy with a subdural empyema with a background of Covid-19 infection was initially treated for paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with Covid-19 and Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS).