Mum whose daughter died in 2019 after 17 hours on a trolley says the tragedy has changed nothing

A mother whose daughter died at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) after spending 17 hours on a trolley, today called on the government to “intervene” to tackle chronic overcrowding at the hospital.

Melanie Sheehan, whose daughter Eve Cleary (21) died in UHL in 2019, said she will “never again” bring any of her remaining five children to the Limerick ED.

Record high levels of overcrowding in the hospital last Monday led to management declaring a major emergency in the ED where 170 patients waited for treatment.