Hearing

• Preliminary Hearings

  • February 28th 23’ – Ronan Lavery, Counsel for the Northern Ireland Bereaved Families for Justice, opened raising concerns around rule 10 requests for permission of questioning. Lavery explained the unique perspective Northern Ireland has, due to the combined health and social care model and the weak healthcare system in Northern Ireland that was there even before the pandemic.

  • September 27th 23’ – Maire-Claire McDermott, Counsel for the Northern Ireland Bereaved Families for Justice, extended the thoughts of the bereaved families to the Counsel to the Inquiry. This included the belief of many of the families that their loved ones got Covid-19 because nothing was done to prevent it in the healthcare system. Ms McDermott closed by stating the healthcare system in Northern Ireland was neglected prior to the pandemic which was the cause for its catastrophic failure.