HSE appoints panel to investigate child deaths

The HSE has appointed a review panel to investigate serious incidents and child deaths.

Some of that 15-strong panel will be immediately charged with investigating the case of Daniel McAnaspie from Dublin.

The 17-year-old, who was in the care of the HSE, was found dead in a ditch in Co Meath last week - he had been stabbed to death.

The main panel - chaired by Dr Helen Buckley of Trinity College Dublin - will meet shortly to begin its work, under HIQA guidelines.