Exhibit 24

                               Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Mark Tyndall, Bryan M. Reasons and Daniel J. Speciale, or any
of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution and re-substitution,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and
their substitutes being referred to herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full
power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to:

     1.  Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission
         ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
         documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
         enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
         reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable
         under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
         (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

     2.  Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, Mallinckrodt plc (the
         "Company"), and/or any national securities exchange on which the
         Company's securities are listed any and all reports (including any
         amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the SEC,
         or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the
         SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or
         regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of
         1933 ("Rule 144"), with respect to the any security of the Company,
         including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144;

     3.  Prepare, execute and submit to Irish Companies Registration Office
         and/or any other authority ("CRO") any and all reports, filings or
         other disclosures (including any amendments thereto) related to the
         undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company
         that the undersigned is required to file with the CRO, or which the
         Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the CRO pursuant
         to the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland (the "Companies Act"); and

     4.  Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
         behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity
         securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers,
         dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
         undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release any such
         information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

     (a) This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
         Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information
         provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of
         such information;

     (b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of
         the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form
         and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or
         her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

     (c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for
         the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the
         Companies Act or Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or
         Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
         with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for
         disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

     (d) This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
         responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
         the Companies Act or Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act,
         including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
         Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable
to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power of
Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G
or Forms 144 and make disclosure under the Companies Act with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney
with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
August 20, 2022.


/s/ Karen L. Ling
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Karen L. Ling