Verdict in asthma death delivered after 27 years

A widow yesterday saw the final chapter close on a tragic night over 27 years ago when she witnessed her then 17-year-old only daughter die from an asthma attack after being rushed to a Limerick hospital.

The death of Juliet O’Connell, who attended the Salesian Secondary school in the city and lived at Santa Monica, North Circular Road, had been the subject of drawn-out litigation which went to the High Court.

Due to the circumstances of her death, the Attorney General asked the Co Clare coroner, Isobel O’Dea, to conduct an inquest. That was held yesterday.