A backlog of inquests in Co Meath created
by the Cocvis-19 crisis in Trim today was dealt with when 10 inquests were
conducted by the county coroner Nathaniel Lacy.
The last previous inquests to be held took
place at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan on 27th of February and today’s
inquests were transferred to Trim Courthouse to conform with Government
guidelines on social distancing. Just five people were present including the
coroner and his assistant, two Gardai and a press representative and Mr Lacy
said that the inquests were conducted by documentation only and that the
families had all waived their right to be present and had agreed that the
process could proceed in their absence.
Nine of the inquests dated back to
occasions last year and one case went back to 2017. In each case, Inspector
Alan Brady read out witnesses’ depositions while the coroner’s assistant read
out post mortem results compiled by a pathologist. Verdicts of suicide were
recorded in eight of the cases, one death was related to pneumonia and alcohol
misuse while one was related to alcohol misuse solely. The coroner said he
would continue to deal with a backlog of cases in the coming weeks.
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