Retiree bids to challenge HSE report

A RETIRED health board official has applied to the High Court for leave to bring a legal challenge to aspects of the HSE report into Leas Cross nursing home.

The proceedings have been brought by Michael Walsh, former acting chief executive of the Northern Area Health Board, with an address at Garristown, Co Dublin.

Eoin McCullough SC, for Mr Walsh, yesterday applied to Mr Justice Liam McKechnie for leave to bring the judicial review challenge.