Family settle action for €1m over man's suicide after his admission to Cork psychiatric hospital

A system analysis review carried out by the HSE after the man’s death recommended that mental health staff should receive training on suicide prevention

The HSE and St Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire, Co Cork also apologised in a letter read to the High Court for the 'failings in the care' afforded to the man. File picture: Dan Linehan

The family of a man who took his own life hours after his admission to a psychiatric hospital in Cork has settled for €1m an action against the HSE over his death.

The HSE and St Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire, Co Cork also apologised in a letter read to the High Court for the “failings in the care” afforded to the man who was found dead in his room at the psychiatric hospital over six years ago.