Medical Negligence Solicitors Dublin

Dublin holds the greatest concentration of acute and specialist hospital care in the State. When that care falls below the standard a patient was entitled to expect, the consequences can be serious and lasting. Led by Richard O'Shea TEP, our practice acts for people across Dublin who have been harmed by substandard medical care.

Healthcare in Dublin: How It Shapes a Claim

Dublin's adult hospital care is concentrated in a small number of large teaching hospitals — the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St James's Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and St Vincent's University Hospital — each a tertiary referral centre for particular specialties. Beaumont, for example, is the national centre for neurosurgery, while St James's and the Mater carry major trauma and cancer workloads. Patients are frequently moved between these hospitals as their needs change, and the quality of communication at those handovers is often central to how a case is examined.

The capital is also served by three standalone maternity hospitals — the Rotunda, the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital and the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street — which between them deliver a very large share of the country's babies. That concentration of maternity care means birth injury and obstetric cases form a significant part of medical negligence practice in Dublin. Alongside the public system, the city has an extensive private hospital sector, and claims arising from private care are defended by the practitioner's or hospital's indemnity insurer rather than the State Claims Agency.

Issues We Commonly See in Dublin Cases

The themes below reflect the kinds of care that most often give rise to medical negligence enquiries connected with Dublin hospitals. Each case is assessed on its own facts and records.

• Birth injuries at the Dublin maternity hospitals, including cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy
• Surgical errors in the city's public and private hospitals
• Cancer misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis
• Emergency department delay and missed deterioration
• Cauda equina syndrome, spinal and brain injury cases
• Sepsis and infection where assessment was delayed
• GP negligence, medication errors and nursing home negligence

How a Dublin Claim Works

We begin by obtaining your complete medical records from every Dublin hospital, unit and clinician involved in your care, and arranging an independent review by an appropriate medical expert. If that review supports a case, we set out the claim, deal with the HSE State Claims Agency for public hospitals or the relevant insurer for private care, and advance the case through the courts. The majority of medical negligence claims in Ireland settle before a full trial, though some do proceed to court where liability is contested. You can check the indicative deadline for your own situation using our claim time-limit checker.

Serving Clients Across Dublin

We act for clients throughout Dublin city and county — from the city centre and the north side at Drumcondra, Glasnevin, Finglas and Ballymun, through Tallaght, Clondalkin and Lucan to the west, and out to Swords, Malahide and Howth in the north and Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock and Dundrum in the south. Our Dublin office is at The Ormond Building, 31–36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7. Initial discussions can be held by phone or video, so you can get clear advice without travelling.