Experts warn of ‘growing crisis’ in autopsy services across the country 

In Waterford, coroner-directed autopsies have had to be carried out by locum pathologists from Britain since early January after the hospital’s consultant pathologists confirmed they would withdraw from conducting the autopsies from January 1. File picture

A crisis in autopsy services has spread nationwide with staffing issues leaving families waiting years for closure on their loved ones’ deaths.

University College Dublin professor of forensic and legal medicine Denis Cusack, said the problem first highlighted in Waterford is now evident in Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Clare, and Kildare.