Eve Cleary wanted to go home because she was 'tormented and in agony', court hears

Barry Cleary told the court in a phone call from University Hospital Limerick, his daughter was very upset after spending 13 hours on a trolley and said nobody was telling her anything

Barry Cleary and his wife Melanie Sheehan Cleary outside the Four Courts: Mr Cleary said when they returned to the hospital emergency department on the morning of July 20, Eve's leg from her toes up looked swollen and was 'like a Christmas ham'. Picture: Collins Courts

Eve Cleary, after 13 hours on a trolley in the A&E department of University Hospital Limerick, wanted to go home because she was “tormented and in agony” and nobody was telling her anything, her father has told the High Court.

Barry Cleary was giving evidence in the family’s action against the HSE over Eve’s death five years ago.