Róisín report must be made public

WHILE the privacy of the Ruddle family must be respected, it would be a travesty of justice if the Government was able to cite this as a valid reason for withholding publication of the report on the tragic death of their daughter Róisín.

Little Róisín died in her parents’ arms after being sent home from Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children at Crumlin when a vital heart operation had to be cancelled because of a shortage of specialist intensive care nurses to care for her in the critical post-operative period.

Without in any way intending to transgress the family’s right to privacy, it has to be said that the issue of publication must be judged in the context of the public interest.