Deputy coroner for Cork appointed after resource warnings

The appointment of Dr Mary McCaffrey comes as three temporary coroners have also been appointed in Dublin.

Dr Mary McCaffrey pictured in the Scotia Clinic, Tralee, in 2014. Picture: Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD

A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist has been appointed to the role of deputy coroner for Cork City.

It comes as the latest returns by coroners to the Department of Justice show an increase of more than a third in the number of deaths handled by the Cork City Coroner’s Office last year compared with the annual returns for 2019.