Baby may have choked on food at creche

A BABY who died after taking ill at a Limerick city creche may have choked on a piece of food.

Lauren Meehan-O’Byrne, aged 18 months, was attending the creche in Ballynanty Resource Centre when staff went to her assistance.

She was resuscitated and brought to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital. From there she was transferred to Temple Street Hospital in Dublin where she died last Saturday.