HSE accepts 'shortcomings' in care of assailant of Sligo man killed in crowbar attack

Jimmy Loughlin's parents today said: 'On the day our son Jimmy’s life was taken over five years ago, all our lives ended'

(Left to right) The family's solicitor, Damien Tansey SC, parents Michael and Paula Loughlin, and ADVIC (Advocates for Victims of Homicide) representative John Deane O'Keeffe. Picture: Ellen O'Riordan/Irish Times

The HSE has apologised to the parents of a 20-year-old man who died after he was attacked by a stranger with a severe psychiatric condition who burst into his house.

The HSE Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Services acknowledged in the High Court “shortcomings” in the care of the assailant of Sligo man Jimmy Loughlin.