The High Court has made orders preventing an elderly and very ill woman being removed from the hospital in which she is a patient.

A man who suffered catastrophic brain injuries following a road traffic accident has removed feeding tubes that provide him with nourishment more than 60 times, the High Court has heard.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly also described as “appalling” that a video, since taken down by Facebook, was posted on social media featuring the man - who is a ward of court on foot of evidence he lacks capacity - being confronted by several people and aggressively “interrogated”.

The HSE has presented as a "dysfunctional" organisation in a number of cases before him, the President of the High Court has said.