Jake’s Amendment: Why Sinn Féin Wants to Expand Coroners’ Verdict Options
16 July - 18 mins
Podcast Series
Newstalk Daily
Content Warning: This episode contains references to mental health and the loss of life. Listener discretion is advised.
On today’s episode of Newstalk Daily, Ciara Doherty explores how the death of one young boy who took his own life was recorded, and why Sinn Féin is calling for a change to the Coroner’s Act of 1962.
Stephanie McGill-Lynch lost her 14-year-old son Jake to suicide in 2013. His inquest concluded with an open verdict, leaving his family without the full recognition they believe was needed. Now, Stephanie is campaigning for Jake’s Amendment — a proposed legal change that would allow coroners to cite iatrogenic factors (relating to medical treatment) as a cause of death whe...
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