Family to take High Court action over son’s death

A Limerick family is to go to High Court to seek answers as to why their very depressed loved one was not admitted to University Hospital Limerick after being sent there by his GP with a letter recommending treatment.

Ross Minihan, a 37-year-old security man, went to the emergency department of UHL on December 17, 2015 after seeing his GP.

He went missing the following day when last seen near the River Shannon. He was known to mental health services in Limerick and had previously been admitted to the acute psychiatric unit at UHL.