Gardaí are finalising a file in relation to the death of a toddler who died of methadone toxicity.

Rebecca Bissett was taking paracetamol over the Easter weekend 2018 and was hospitalised on Easter Monday, an inquest heard.

More than 13,000 people over the age of 75 waited on trolleys for over 24 hours in emergency departments this year, it has emerged.

Brian Hamilton was found in a collapsed state at Tallaght Hospital A&E at 3pm on April 14 2018.

A schoolboy who died after he was hit by a truck was taking a shortcut across a ‘convoluted’ junction when he was struck.

“I’ve never seen such damage to the liver and other organs resulting from what is a bleed, which was treated aggressively from early on. It should have worked,” the pathologist said.

Christopher Phillips (78) died due to multi-organ failure following the incident outside a Dublin Church.

A 66-year-old woman taking tablets to manage pain accidentally died of an overdose, an inquest heard.

A 54 year old homeless man found slumped on steps in Dublin city centre died due to hypothermia.

A coroner reissued recommendations made at a previous inquest that ‘mirrored’ the case of a man who died following surgery to remove a lump from his neck.

Criminal charges are being considered in relation to the death of a 39-year-old woman following a collision on the M50 in Dublin.

The phrase ‘Stand up to Bullies’ was written on the wall of a workplace canteen where a 43-year-old man took his own life.

The remains of 'hugely missed' mother-of-four Margaret Glennon were discovered in a ditch by a digger driver. She was last seen 23 years before.

A stillborn baby could have been delivered 90 minutes faster than he was if doctors were informed of the extent of his distress, an inquest heard.

A baby suffered a skull fracture and head injuries likely to have been caused by instruments used during his delivery, an inquest heard.

A couple has taken a legal challenge over a coroner's refusal to await the report of an external review into the care of their 19-year-old daughter at Sligo University Hospital before resuming an inquest into her death.

Osvaldo Rea had been running the popular Bistro Restaurant on the South Circular Road in Dublin for thirty years.

A 67-year-old woman who died of a methadone overdose had expressed a wish to stop taking the drug, an inquest heard.

The parents of a baby boy who died four days after birth say they take comfort from new guidelines introduced following his death.

A woman who suffered a fatal asthma attack on the day Storm Ophelia hit went to her local pharmacy for an inhaler but it was closed.

A 76-year-old mother of six died after losing 17 litres of blood during surgery for the treatment of pancreatitis, an inquest has heard.

A full inquest into the death of Mark Hennessy, who abducted and killed Jastine Valdez in Co Wicklow, will take place later this year.

The family of a man killed while out walking his dogs in a Dublin forest have issued an appeal for information.

A teenager stabbed to death in Tallaght was on the phone when he was fatally wounded.

Natasha Nugent was travelling in the car with her husband and their two young daughters when she saw Graham McNally lying face up on the roadside.

The cause of death at autopsy was compression of the neck with heart disease and acute alcohol and diazepam intoxication as contributory factors.

A jury has returned a verdict in the case of a 37-year-old man shot dead in Finglas more than 10 years ago.

A baby whose mother aired concerns for his growth during pregnancy was suffering the effects of placental disease.

Baby Luke Cox Coghlan was born at the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street in Dublin on 6.05am on December 28, 2016. He was pronounced dead less than half an hour later despite efforts to save his life.

The driver of the tram said the lighting was bad in the area and he did not see the woman until it was too late.

A verdict of medical misadventure was returned at the inquest of a man who had surgery for an aortic aneurysm.

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

Two ambulance drivers will be summoned to attend an inquest into the death of a man who died of hypothermia.

A 61-year-old man died after he became trapped by a container he was directing onto a ferry at Dublin Port.

Sorcha O’Malley suffered from anorexia nervosa her entire adult life until her death on October 17, 2016.

Christopher Phillips (78) was one of seven people injured in the collision at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Clondalkin on June 25 last.

Baby Abbey Lespiaucq was undergoing a rare procedure because she was found to be anemic.

Gerald Barry (aged 85) was sitting up in his bed at Marymount Nursing Home in Lucan, Co Dublin when he choked on his toast on May 29, 2017.

Parents Ann-Marie and Paul Lafferty said Cormac, who died aged three months, surprised them constantly during his short life.

Aspiration of milk was a factor in the death of a three-month-old baby who became ‘inconsolable’ following a feed.

The car jack was gradually losing height over a period of time due to a small oil leak within the mechanism. Frank Smith was crushed underneath.

Adam Muldoon who had cerebral palsy, was discovered dead in a park in Tallaght on June 23 last.

No criminal charges will be brought in relation to the death of a 24-year-old man shot dead in a case of mistaken identity.

A man with a learning disability who contracted Hepatitis B from a dirty needle while gardening died due to the virus twenty years later.