Doctors endure a maelstrom of emotion such as fear, remorse, sadness, loss, discomfort and anger after delivering a stillborn baby, according to the first research study into the impact of stillbirth on consultant obstetricians.

Hundreds of people from all over Munster gathered yesterday for a remembrance service for parents and families who have experienced infant or pregnancy loss.

Marion Gabriel’s son Robbie was stillborn due to an intestinal disorder. Her love for him was as profound as if he had lived.

THE emergency services who saved six of the 12 passengers of last Thursday’s fateful Manx2 flight, were given a spontaneous round of applause as they attended a Mass in memory of the victims yesterday.

THE Church of Ireland diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross has acquired its third woman deacon following the ordination of a former English teacher.