A woman, whose daughter lived for 10 seconds after been born, has today praised a charity behind an initiative which allows parents and families of deceased newborns invaluable time to spend with their baby, writes David Raleigh.

Around 8,500 runners pounded the streets around Cork City yesterday for the Evening Echo Mini Marathon, with more smiles than grimaces in evidence as they poured across the finishing line.

A GRIEVING son who lost his mother to cancer and a young woman whose baby died when he was just a day old were among the 10,000 participants in the four-mile Evening Echo Women’s Mini Marathon in Cork yesterday.