Inquiry call as student dies days after knee op

The family of a student who died just one week after knee surgery have called for an independent probe into his death because they “would not have any faith in an internal HSE inquiry”.

Legal studies student Niall Comerford, 22, of Fr Delahunty Terrace, Kilkenny, collapsed at the Waterford Institute of Technology on Oct 1, after undergoing surgery to his knee for an ongoing problem due to a workplace injury.

The deceased, an accomplished kickboxer who fought at European title level, had undergone surgery at Kilcreen Hospital in Kilkenny.