Irish girl with severe anorexia close to renal failure, High Court hears

A teenage girl with severe anorexia who travelled from here to England to be assessed for treatment was found to be close to experiencing renal failure, the High Court has heard, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

Peter Finlay SC, for the HSE, mentioned the case to the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, today for the purpose of making an emergency application to have the girl made a ward of court.