Family ‘broken beyond repair’ as they settle action against HSE over death of daughter

“We have lost the heart of our family. Our family is broken beyond repair. Tara should never have lost her life.”

These are the words of the Coyne family who on Thursday settled a High Court action against the HSE over the death their 25-year-old daughter, Tara, who took her own life in the Adult Acute Mental Health Unit at Galway University Hospital almost six hours after she had been voluntarily admitted to the unit.

“Tara is a wonderful person who brought us so much love and joy to everyone she knew,” Tara’s sister, Lisa said in a statement outside the Four Courts on behalf of her family.

“We miss her every second of the day. Our family is broken beyond repair and we continue to struggle with the loss of our beautiful Tara.

“We hope that no other family is ever put through what happened to our family.”

Ms Coyne also revealed that while coming to terms with Tara’s death they were shocked and appalled to receive an invoice in the amount of €80 from Galway…

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