The High Court was told that an elderly man suffered an unprovoked assault while waiting for several hours with his ill wife in a hospital emergency department, reports RTE. The attack, which left the ...

The unprovoked attack which was witnessed by his unwell wife from her hospital trolley changed the lives of Joseph and ...

The High Court has heard that an elderly man was the victim of an unprovoked attack while waiting for hours with his sick ...

Joseph Hansard (82) beaten over head with a piece of metal during 10-hour emergency department wait with injured wife ...

Man was repeatedly struck on the head with a piece of metal by another man, who had earlier been treated in Tallaght University Hospital, as he waited in A&E with his wife ...

An elderly man was beaten over the head with a piece of metal as he waited for more than 10 hours with his injured wife in ...

A pensioner was the victim of a grievous assault and beaten over the head with a piece of metal as he waited for more than 10 ...

More than 105,000 patients left ­hospital emergency departments last year before the care was complete, new figures show.