Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, the HSE chief executive apologised on behalf of the health service to the 16-year-old's family
HSE boss Bernard Gloster has admitted the health service "failed" Aoife Johnston and that failure "led to her death".
Read More: 'They took everything': Foster and Allen's Tony Allen outlines heartbreak after bankruptcy in 2008 He said there were no findings against any individuals but said the question of accountability would be addressed "by me alone and without fear or favour". He said that the number of junior doctors, emergency consultants and nurses had all risen since Ms Johnston died and that "many other steps" to improve safety had been taken.
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