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Over four days of harrowing testimony at Aoife Johnston’s inquest, the most wrenching described her final hours on a trolley at University Hospital Limerick’s (UHL) teeming “death-trap” emergency department as her life ebbed away before her parents’ eyes. She did not go gentle into that good night.

A RULING of medical misadventure was given yesterday (Thursday) in the death of Aoife Johnston at University Hospital Limerick.

The older sister of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) wept this afternoon as she spoke of her devastation at not being able to say a final goodbye to her baby sister.

The older sister of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) wept this afternoon as she spoke of her devastation at not being able to say a final goodbye to her baby sister.

AS the inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston at UHL continues, an assistant nursing director told the court she is 'haunted' by her death.

This follows evidence from Aoife's parents who said they watched their daughter die as they begged for help from staff.

Nurse manager says there were so many individual cases that night it was equivalent to major incident like bus crash

GIVING evidence in front of the inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston, a retired nurse managed described UHL as akin to a "war zone".