She also confirmed hearing Resident A stating: “She’s going to kill me” but accepted the woman had never identified exactly who had threatened her.

In May 2025, Francisco Javier Valverde Mateo (39) was convicted after pleading guilty to offences related to the covert filming, and the possession of 3,999 images and 1,163 videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

The nurse, Mark Lester Ordonez, admitted to a fitness-to-practise inquiry of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland that he had “crossed the line” in his interactions with the 18-year-old girl when she attended Beaumont Hospital in 2023.

Since December 2019 the increase in staff numbers has been 26,000 WTE or up by 21.8 per cent.