A distressed mother left court in tears after a doctor admitted she should have been brought to hospital days before her baby was stillborn.

A catalogue of failures contributed to the stillbirth of a baby girl at a hospital in the North, a landmark inquest has heard.

VAPING INCREASE: The number of people who have tried e-cigarettes almost doubled in two years. 

The trauma of a stillbirth can leave parents afraid to prepare for the birth of a subsequent baby and can damage self-esteem and confidence in parenthood and child rearing.

Ireland emerges reasonably well from an international comparison of stillbirth rates across 49 high income countries, ranking 17th, seven places ahead of the UK.

Putting on extra kilos between pregnancies significantly increases the risk of stillbirth or infant death, a major study has found.

Stillbirths have dropped by almost 8% in England since the smoking ban was introduced, new research shows.