€1.5 Million Settlement in Gastric Cancer Medical Negligence Case
Case Study: June 2026 Alaina Hogan of Cian O’Carroll Solicitors recently secured a €1.5 million settlement in a complex medical negligence case involving the delayed diagnosis and treatment of a condition that ultimately contributed to the development of incurable gastric cancer. Our client was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic gastric cancer, a devastating diagnosis which […]
€1.5 Million Settlement in Delayed Diagnosis of Recurrent Breast Cancer Case
Case Study: June 2026 Alaina Hogan of Cian O’Carroll Solicitors recently secured a €1.5 million settlement in a complex medical negligence case involving the delayed diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer. More than a decade before the events giving rise to this case, our client had been successfully treated for Stage 1 breast cancer. Following surgery […]
Family of Tipperary woman (33) who died from cervical cancer settle High Court action
Case Study: March 2026 University Hospital Galway, in a letter of apology to the family of Veronica O’Meara, said its investigation had shown that aspects of the care received by the woman fourteen years ago did not reach the standards that should have been expected. The family of a 33-year-old Tipperary mother who died of cervical cancer has settled […]
Solicitor Cian O’Carroll on Six One
June 2025 Click here to view: https://www.rte.ie/video/id/25675
Delayed and Mismanaged Breast Cancer Diagnosis – €630,000 Settlement Against Cork University Hospital
Case Study In another major victory for patient safety and accountability, Cian O’Carroll Solicitors secured a €630,000 settlementfor a woman in her 40s who suffered avoidable and harmful consequences due to delayed diagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer at Cork University Hospital (CUH). The mother of two first attended her GP in December 2016, reporting concerns about breast asymmetry. […]
Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer, €1 Million Settlement
Case Study We represented a woman in her 50s who suffered devastating consequences after breast cancer went undiagnosed at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, one of Ireland’s designated “centres of excellence.” Despite acting quickly when she noticed symptoms and attending multiple reviews, examinations, and scans, her cancer was missed for more than two years. Independent expert […]
Delayed Diagnosis of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Case Study: July 2021 Cian O’Carroll Solicitors acted for a 12-year-old girl whose rare childhood disease, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), went undiagnosed for 16 months during her early years. This delay, at a time when the disease was most aggressive, caused serious and permanent brain injury. Her case, brought against the HSE, was described by […]
Misreporting of a cervical smear test
Case Study: January 2024 Cian O’Carroll Solicitors has settled a High Court case involving the misreporting of a cervical smear test for Oonagh McEvoy, who tragically died from metastatic cervical cancer in 2011.Oonagh McEvoy, a nurse at the Mater Hospital, was given a negative result from her 2007 smear test. However, it was later discovered […]
Family of Julie O’Reilly Secures High Court Settlement After Repeated Smear Test Failures
Case Study Cian O’Carroll Solicitors represented the family of Julie O’Reilly, who died aged 60 after her cervical smear slides were repeatedly and negligently misread under the CervicalCheck programme. Despite multiple tests between 2009 and 2013 showing abnormalities, each was reported as negative, delaying her diagnosis until 2017 when her cancer had already spread. Julie […]
€4.9 million settlement for rare cancerous condition
Case Study: July 2021 A 12-year-old girl with a rare cancerous condition settled her High Court case for €4.9 million, represented by Cian O’Carroll Solicitors. Initially misdiagnosed as eczema, her condition worsened, requiring chemotherapy. The settlement will support her lifelong medical needs. For full details, click the link below. Read More: Irish Times Article