Fair enough, the journo probably didn't write the appalling headline, but article is pretty bad, too. Look, fully 50% of the money the State Claims Agency pays out every year is in respect of the HSE. This is not "compo culture" - it's medical negligence.

irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/i… From NTMA Annual Report 2018: "Although clinical claims comprise only 30% of the overall number of active claims at end-2018, they comprise 74% of the overall estimated outstanding liability." /