Families must be respected by coroner, says grieving wife

A WIDOW whose late husband's inquest was put back just hours before it was due to be heard has called for a system that cares more about grieving families.

Mary Moloney's sister had travelled from Switzerland to support her at the coroner's court hearing into her 54-year-old husband Daniel's death. Some of Mrs Moloney's six children, aged 16 to 28, were also preparing to have the matter finalised at the inquest scheduled for yesterday morning.

But a phone call to her home in the Cork suburb of Douglas on Thursday evening told them it had been put back and no new date has been arranged yet.