Judge accuses HSE of 'monkeying' with Court

A judge today accused the Health Service Executive of obstructing a court case by withholding evidence from gardaí and a 15-year-old defendant charged with assaulting a care worker in the Ballydowd Special Care Unit.

Solicitors for the Health Service Executive (HSE) were told that it had been “monkeying around” with the Children’s Court for failing to comply with court orders and witness summonses compelling them to disclose relevant documentation to the boy’s lawyers as well as to the gardaí.