The family of a woman who died after a charting error resulted in her only getting half her normal dose of an epilepsy drug for 23 days have settled their High Court action over her death for €260,292.

Residents at a Wicklow centre for people with disabilities continue to suffer physical and verbal abuse because measures to protect them have not been taken.

A St John of God’s care home, where a resident required hospital treatment after ingesting latex gloves, is still failing to safeguard its charges, despite repeated warnings from the health watchdog.