TV presenter recalls trolley labour indignity

TELEVISION presenter Colette Fitzpatrick has spoken of the indignity of having her waters broken while on a trolley in a busy maternity hospital despite having private health insurance.

“That day, every time I got upset or panicked, I focused on my little baby and that’s what got me through,” she said.

Having paid €4,000 on top of a large health insurance premium, the TV3 star had hoped her consultant would be with her for the birth and she would get a private room afterwards.