'All I ever wanted was somebody to say they were sorry,' mother tells Eve Cleary case

Melanie Sheehan Cleary also told the court she  had missed calls from University Hospital Limerick during her daughter’s funeral and at the crematorium
Eve Cleary's parents Barry Cleary and Melanie Sheehan Cleary outside the Four Courts. Mrs Cleary said: "I told her she was the best thing that ever happened to me. I told her she was my baby." File photo: Collins Courts

Eve Cleary's parents Barry Cleary and Melanie Sheehan Cleary outside the Four Courts. Mrs Cleary said: "I told her she was the best thing that ever happened to me. I told her she was my baby." File photo: Collins Courts

“All I ever wanted was somebody to say they were sorry for what they did to my Eve." 

This is what the mother of Eve Cleary told a High Court judge on Tuesday as she gave evidence in the Cleary family action against the HSE over the death of her 21-year-old daughter hours after she was discharged from University Hospital Limerick and told to go home and rest.

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