Grieving relatives face added trauma due to shortage of staff at Cork Coroners' Court

TDs renew call for extra staff to be hired as Andrew Gearns' family are told inquest into his death last year may not occur until 2022

'It's the first thing I think about in the morning and the last thing that I think about at night,' says Evan Gearns, right, about the delayed inquest into the 2020 death of his brother Andrew, left, pictured together in happier times. 

Cork Coroners’ Court has only two staff despite handling 25% of the volume of cases of Dublin Coroners’ Court, which has 24.

The ongoing lack of resources and personnel, compounded by Covid, is adding to the trauma and frustration of grieving relatives.