Teenage boy was born with malformation which caused his death

A 15-YEAR-OLD Kerry boy died after a vascular malformation in his brain ruptured suddenly, according to medical evidence presented at an inquest in Tralee.

The inquest into the death of Richard Connolly, of 101 Feale Drive, Listowel, was told he was born with the malformation, but he or his family would not have been aware of that.

Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster, who carried out a post-mortem examination, said the malformation of the vessels would have grown larger and larger over the years before rupturing and causing the inter-cerebral haemorrhage which led to his death.