Family awarded €490,000 after husband's heart problems were not detected

Failure to detect a man’s heart problems resulted in a father-of-two dying suddenly at the age of 42 and today his family was awarded almost €500,000 in settlement of their civil action against the Health Service Executive.

Gerard O’Leary of Dooneen, Kilcummin, Killarney, County Kerry, was a mechanic with Liebherr and from a well-known family operating an electrical business in Killarney. He died on January 21, 2004.