Mother gets €100,000 in foetus removal case

“FIVE years of hell” for a mother left with rotting pieces of her dead foetus inside her ended yesterday when the High Court found her consultant negligent, and awarding her €100,000 in damages.

An emotional Fiona Griffin from Cobh, Co Cork, said she at last felt she could put the past behind her and start her life again in the knowledge that she had done her best for her dead baby and other parents who might go through a similar trauma.

"I'm just so glad it's over. I've thought of nothing else for five years. It's been five years of hell," she said.