State inquiry into Aoife Johnston's death 'time sensitive' due to father's terminal cancer

The late Aoife Johnston from Co Clare died on December 19, 2022, after suffering from meningitis-related sepsis and was left for more than 16 hours without antibiotics — a vital treatment to help save her life. File picture: David Raleigh

Holding a state inquiry into the death of Aoife Johnston is “time sensitive” in the face of her father’s terminal cancer, the family’s solicitor has said after they met the health minister on Thursday.

The Johnstons have now agreed to submit a list of shortcomings they identified in a report on the teenager’s death at University Hospital Limerick to minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.