Health Minister Leo Varadkar has invited the widowers of two women who died following childbirth at Sligo Regional Hospital, to meet him.

The Government is being asked to take steps to prevent the risk of other mothers losing their lives as Sally Rowlette did the day after she gave birth to her fourth child.

MATERNAL care in this country was under the microscope last week with the inquest into the death of Sally Rowlette.

Sligo Regional Hospital has issued an apology to the husband and family of Sally Rowlette, who died in their care last year.

A hunt has been launched for two missing doctors who dealt with Sally Rowlette before she died after giving birth.

A doctor who treated a mother who died hours after giving birth says she would have brought her to hospital two weeks earlier had she been her patient.