Colfer ‘considers position’ after father’s inquest

Author Eoin Colfer said he and his family are considering their position in relation to the death of his father, who died from internal bleeding one week after an operation to remove his gall bladder.

An inquest into the death of William ‘Billy’ Colfer, 73, a renowned historian and writer from Slade in Fethard-on-Sea, Co Wexford, was held in Waterford city yesterday.

Waterford Coroner’s Court yesterday found Mr Colfer died at Waterford Regional Hospital on February 2, 2013, one week after the operation at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin.