Four of nine youths in care died from natural causes

A review conducted into the deaths of nine young people who had been, at some point in their lives, in State care showed four had died from natural causes.

The reports were published yesterday by the National Review Panel (NRP).

Of the four who died of natural causes, two had been born with congenital diseases, one had a number of physical disabilities and the other had a terminal illness which had developed in their teens.