A coroner has urged the family of a suicide victim to contact the HSE and find out why his medical card had been stopped.

Six coroners working on a part-time basis each earned more than €100,000 in State retainers and fees last year, new figures show.

Anyone serving food to a member of the public should be trained in the Heimlich manoeuvre, a coroner has urged.

The mother of a baby who died seven days after his birth revealed her dismay at the chain of events which led to the tragedy.

A range of medical specialties are not available in the hospital which was strongly criticised over the death of Savita Halappanavar.

Nursing staff failed to adequately assess and monitor Savita Halappanavar, who was suffering miscarriage as a fatal infection took over her body, a review has found.

The report into the death of Savita Halappanavar says medical staff failed to offer all management options - including a termination.

Savita Halappanavar was a tragic victim of our State’s restrictive legal position on abortion.

Let down by the State, let down by the law, or simply let down by the doctors and midwives charged with Savita Halappanavar’s care.

Savita Halappanavar died as a result of medical misadventure, a jury at her inquest has unanimously ruled.

Despite the attention focussed on the unnecessary death of Savita Halappanavar by coroner Dr Ciaran MacLoughlin’s revealing Galway inquest, the Ireland portrayed at South Kerry coroner Terence Casey’s quarterly court this week, where five out of six deaths considered were suicides, is a deeply disturbing and dysfunctional place.

The jury at the inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar has returned a unanimous verdict of medical misadventure this afternoon.

Praveen Halappanavar has said his wife’s treatment at University Hospital Galway was “horrendous, barbaric and inhuman”.

A verdict from the inquest into Savita Halappanavar's death is expected today, the day when she would have been celebrating her wedding anniversary.

The inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar is expected to conclude today, on what would have been her fifth wedding anniversary.

The inquest into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar is expected to conclude today.

An inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar has heard that she had one of the most severe cases of septic abortion ever seen.

Crucial evidence from the midwife who cared for Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar as she fell critically ill will not be given to her inquest, it has been confirmed.

Savita Halappanavar would probably be alive if a termination could have legally been carried out before there was a substantial risk to her life, an expert has said.

A nurse who gripped the hand of Savita Halappanavar while delivering her dead baby daughter revealed how her patient later thanked her.

An experienced midwife feared Savita Halappanavar was suffering a “septic abortion” when she saw her the morning she fell critically ill.

An obstetrician treating Savita Halappanavar who died in an Irish hospital after she miscarried should have got a second opinion to terminate the pregnancy sooner, an inquest heard.

A blood test that would have spotted Savita Halappanavar’s fatal sepsis infection was not processed the morning she miscarried, it was confirmed.

Retrospective entries made in the medical records of Savita Halappanavar were not made with the intention of misleading anyone and nothing had been deleted, senior counsel for Galway University Hospital has insisted.

Praveen Halappanavar will be grateful “to his dying day” to the critical care staff at Galway University Hospital for the care they gave to his wife Savita before she passed away.

A nurse who gripped the hand of Savita Halappanavar while delivering her deceased baby daughter revealed how her patient later thanked her.

Systems failures in the care of Savita Halappanavar have been acknowledged by her consultant.

A coroner has criticised the amount of information entered in the medicalcharts of Savita Halappanavar after she died.

Hotly disputed remarks that labelled Ireland as a country that denies a termination to seriously ill women who are miscarrying were admitted for the first time yesterday.

A consultant who treated Savita Halappanavar has said she would have started terminating the foetus regardless of a heartbeat if she had been aware of a junior doctor’s note that the patient was suffering from sepsis.

A coroner has criticised the amount of information entered in the medical charts of Savita Halappanavar after she died.

A senior midwife has apologised after admitting she told Savita Halappanavar that she could not have a termination in Ireland because of Catholic influence.

The consultant at the centre of the treatment of Savita Halappanavar who died in a University Hospital Galway after a miscarriage has admitted there were system failures in her care.

A midwife has apologised for telling Savita Halappanavar who was suffering a miscarriage that she could not have a termination in Ireland because it was a “Catholic thing”.

The consultant at the centre of the treatment of Savita Halappanavar who died in University Hospital Galway after a miscarriage has admitted there were system failures in her care.

A friend of Savita Halappanavar confirmed she was present when controversial and disputed remarks were made by a midwife about the inability to carry out a termination at Galway University Hospital because it was a Catholic country.

A friend of Savita Halappanavar has backed up claims that the young dentist was told abortion was not an option because of Catholic teaching.

A consultant has been accused of refusing an Indian woman’s demands for an abortion in Ireland as she miscarried on the grounds that it is “a Catholic country”.

In the depths of despair, Savita Halappanavar turned to her young husband and pleaded: “How can a mother wait for her baby to die?”

The widower of an Savita Halappanavar who died in hospital in Ireland after suffering a miscarriage has said a consultant told the couple an abortion was not allowed because “this is a Catholic country”.

The husband of Savita Halappanavar has said he has faith in the inquest into his wife's death and hopes it will "get to the bottom of the truth".

An inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar after she suffered a miscarriage in a Galway hospital will begin today.

The husband of Savita Halappanavar is expected to be the main witness when the inquest into her death gets under way in Galway today.

An inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar an after she suffered a miscarriage in University Hospital Galway will begin tomorrow.