A patient who was injured when a ceiling collapsed in a hospital’s critical care unit has settled a High Court action. Hugh O’Donnell (76) was in St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, last August when part of the ceiling fell on to his bed. Counsel said Mr O’Donnell had been in the critical care unit for treatment for respiratory sepsis and other infections. Counsel said that liability had been conceded early in the case and St Luke’s Hospital accepted the incident was very distressing. Mr O’Donnell, who resides in a nursing home in Urlingford, Co Kilkenny, had sued St Luke’s Hospital and the HSE.

Source: The Irish Times December 20, 2025 06:15 UTC