Man, 42, dies before cancer case against hospital comes to court

File photo of Connolly Hospital.

A 42-year-old man who sued claiming his throat cancer was allegedly allowed to spread unidentified and untreated died just days before his case was to come before the High Court.

John Beirne, the High Court heard today, passed away on Monday just days after the pleadings were issued in the case in which he is suing the HSE over the care he received at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin.