Daughter of late Evelyn Joel in bid to prevent retrial

The daughter of the late Evelyn Joel is to bring a High Court action aimed at preventing her retrial on a charge of gross negligence manslaughter of her mother.

Evelyn Joel (aged 59) died from pneumonia on January 7, 2006 a week after she was admitted to hospital in Wexford, after she was found in poor health at her daughter Eleanor's home. The deceased suffered from Multiple Sclerosis and had been living with her daughter in Enniscorthy prior to her death.