Beacon Hospital seeks injunctions over alleged falsehoods

Hospital brought High Court proceedings against the widow of a former patient, claiming she is publishing false and misleading information

Ms Justice Siobhan Stack, on an ex-parte basis, granted the hospital permission to serve short notice of the injunction application on the defendant. The matter will return before the court later this month. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews

A private medical hospital has brought High Court proceedings against the widow of a former patient, claiming she is publishing false and misleading information about it on social media.

The claim has been made in proceedings taken by the Beacon Hospital Sandyford Ltd against Veronica Delaney who, it alleges, is engaged in a prolonged campaign of spreading falsehoods of the most serious kinds against the hospital and its medical professionals.