An investigation has been launched by the HSE after four cases of Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, two of which resulted in death, were discovered in Ireland.
Three of the cases have been confirmed and one has been suspected of the Meningococcal B strain. An 18-year-old from Sutton, Ethan Banks, died from an aggressive form of the disease on October 1 in the ICU of Beaumont Hospital.
The HSE have said that the cases have no links with each other as they are in different parts of the country. One of the cases is in a child that is less than 10-years-old.
