A coroner has said he finds it troubling that a reclusive pensioner, who lay dead in his inner city home for at least six months before his body was discovered, appears to have “slipped through the cracks” of society.

A 69-year-old man who suffered from ‘chronic shyness’ was dead in his home for some weeks before he was found.

Newly married parents Simon and Sorcha McMahon lost their first baby, Henry John, died on his parent’s first wedding anniversary, days after his birth.

Coroners have given their backing for a new proposal that would see the creation of a central database for unidentified bodies and body parts in the hope of speedier identification.

A coroner investigating a crash in the North that killed two schoolchildren has referred it to prosecutors amid concerns a botched PSNI probe enabled illegal tampering with the driver's phone logs.

Pathologists could not determine the cause of fatal brain injuries suffered by a baby boy who died aged 15 months.

An old age pensioner died of a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol after attending a senior citizens Christmas party.

A 48-year-old crime barrister became acutely stressed and died following a perceived mistake he had made at work.

The older we get the more certain we are that youth is indeed wasted on the young.

A coroner has issued a stark warning about the dangers of illicit drugs after an inquest today into the death of a teenager.

The daughter of a 91 year old woman has called for the exhumation of her mother’s body to facilitate a fresh autopsy.

The opportunity to potentially save a five-year-old girl with life-threatening asthma was missed after she was turned away from an emergency appointment because she was late, a coroner has ruled.

A coroner appealed against the vandalism of lifesaving equipment following the death of a teen who drowned in the River Shannon.

A coroner has called for a ban on the sale of old-style chip pans and urged people to dump them, after an inquest heard how two men died in a house fire caused by an unattended chip pan.

No one was to blame for the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, an inquest has found.

Drug intoxication and having her face immersed in water led to the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown last year, according to a coroner.

An inquest into a fatal IRA ambush of ten Protestant workmen has been delayed because no coroner will be available to hear it.

A coroner has issued an urgent warning after two men died and a third man was rushed to hospital after taking contaminated alcoholic drinks.