Dead man’s family asked HSE for file seven times

THE HSE has still not told the family of a young man who died having been in care whether they will release his file, despite seven requests to do so.

A hearing at Dublin City Coroner’s Court yesterday into the death of Danny Talbot, who was aged 19 when he died in August last year, also heard that his father had concerns over the HSE’s role in a separate review of his death from a suspected drug overdose.

Junior Counsel Brian Barrington and solicitor Pól O Murchú are seeking to make the inquest into his death compliant with Article 2 of the UN Convention on Human Rights, which would then look at whether the HSE had a duty of care regarding Danny and whether this was breached.