Widower Michael Kivlehan hasurged the partners of pregnant women to be more supportive when the woman expresses concerns.

An inquest jury has been told to return either a narrative verdict or medical misadventure over the death of a first-time mother from multi-organ failure days after an emergency caesarean section.

The country's leading expert in maternity care says if Dhara Kivlehan was transferred earlier to a centre of excellence the outcome in her case "may have been different".

Dhara Kivlehan was given a photograph of her newborn baby Dior just before she was transferred from Sligo Regional Hospital to Belfast four days before her death, an inquest heard yesterday.

A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

A Belfast pathologist has confirmed that Dhara Kivlehan died of multiple organ failure against a background of a rare syndrome, HELLP.

The depths of Irish motherhood was underlined at the opening of an inquest into the death of a 29-year-old woman who died after she gave birth to her first baby in Sligo.

The solicitor for the family of Dhara Kivlehan says any inquest into her death in the North would be hollow, as it may not have the co-operation of the doctors involved.

The HSE has agreed to pay €790,000 and “unreservedly” apologised to the family of a 29-year-old Indian woman who became seriously ill in Sligo Regional Hospital at the time of the birth of her first child, but died eight days later.

The heartbroken family of an Indian woman who died eight days after she became seriously ill at Sligo General Hospital at the time of the birth of her first baby yesterday vowed to continue their legal battle to have an inquest.

The family of an Indian woman who died a week after giving birth to her first child has been awarded almost one million euro in damages from health chiefs.

The family of an Indian woman who died a week after giving birth to her first child has been awarded almost €1m in damages from health chiefs.

A husband has demanded an inquest into the death of his wife who lost her life after giving birth to their first child.