Taoiseach: Statutory inquiry into Aoife Johnston death 'not ruled out'

Simon Harris said he is willing to meet the family of the Clare teenager, who died in UHL in 2022 in 'somewhat inexplicable circumstances'

'I do not rule out in any means a statutory inquiry,' said Simon Harris. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The Taoiseach is not ruling out a statutory inquiry into the death of Aoife Johnston in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) and is willing to meet her family about it.

Ms Johnston, aged 16, from Co Clare, died on December 19, 2022, after suffering from meningitis-related sepsis and was left for more than 16 hours without antibiotics.