'Listen to parents': Kerry mother sues after hospitals fail to diagnose son's cleft palate for 14 months

Caroline Buckley, a nurse, said: 'I would encourage those involved in health care to listen to parents who know their own child better than anybody else.'

Ronan Buckley was one of twins born on August 29, 2017, at The Coombe Hospital. Records at The Coombe indicated that the palate was intact on initial examination. File picture

A mother has pleaded with health professionals to listen to parents after she says her pleas in relation to her baby were ignored and his cleft palate remained undiagnosed or treated for 14 months.

She spoke out as her son, Ronan Buckley from Kerry who is now seven years old, settled for €175,000 his action against the HSE and two Dublin hospitals over his care after his birth.