HSE granted leave in Joel death case

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has been granted leave by the High Court to challenge an order made by a circuit court judge requiring it to hand over documents to be used in the manslaughter trial over the death of Co Wexford woman Evelyn Joel.

Last month, at a sitting of Wexford Circuit Court, Judge Michael White ordered the disclosure of HSE documents in a prosecution brought by the DPP against Evelyn’s Joel’s daughter and her partner.

The documents in question relate to an inquiry set up by the HSE in which a committee was asked to review the services available to Ms Joel in the two years preceding her death.