Breathing new life into a brave family

The Lenehans are looking to a brighter future after a ‘torturous’ case against the HSE on behalf of their daughter, writes Noel Baker

AISLING LENEHAN’S parents hope to visit Ireland on holiday this summer and are already thinking about what needs to be packed. After everything, the family has endured in recent times, they deserve a break.

Among the suitcases of clothes and shoes will be a new item, a portable oxygen concentrator (POC) — a piece of kit that breathes new life into its user. The cost of the new POC will be covered by part of the €690,000 settlement agreed this week to Aisling’s family after a High Court action against the HSE, described by Aisling’s mother, Patricia, as “torturous”.