Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Carroll had allegedly been exposed to the avoidable risk of infection with repeated transfers between the Mercy University Hospital, Cork.

Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine, Dr Aisling Loy, told Newstalk that the period leading up to Christmas and early New Year is an extremely busy time at their clinic.

The President of the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine, Conor Deas,y on Friday told the Six One News on RTÉ that the peak of the flu virus in Ireland will occur in or around Christmas Day.