Apology for killer son's A&E release

Man stabbed mum's partner to death after discharge

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THE HSE has apologised to the family of a man who stabbed his mother's partner to death weeks after he was discharged from A&E.

Fiona Nolan brought her 19-year-old son Adam to the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital because he was unwell, and had psychotic thoughts about killing her partner of 10 years, Bryan Cassidy.

It was claimed she was advised these were irrational thoughts and that Adam should see a counsellor. He was discharged without further follow-up.

The family's counsel Dr John O'Mahony told the High Court there was no proper examination and no history taken.

He added: “Two weeks later Fiona Nolan came home to her partner in the garden and he was pumping blood.