Ruth Morrissey feels 'powerless' as €2.1m cancer award appealed

Failing health: Ruth Morrissey has spent several weeks in hospice. Photo: Collins Courts

Laura Lynott and Eilish O'Regan

Health Minister Simon Harris was warned last week that terminally ill Ruth Morrissey was "frightened" for the future of her family and she was appealing to him to ensure her High Court award of €2.1m was secure.

But she was left "feeling powerless" yesterday after only learning through the media that the State will lodge a Supreme Court appeal to controversial parts of the judge's ruling in her case.