Anthony ‘was our pride and joy’

A distraught mother wept yesterday as she recalled the horrifying moment she found her baby boy lying face down in the bath.

Anthony ‘was our pride and joy’

Maryann Daly’s 11-month-old son Anthony drowned in the bath at the family home in Birchwood Close, Onslow Gardens, Cork, after she left him and his older sister alone in the water to get towels.

She told Cork City Coroner’s Court she would normally lay towels on a bed as part of the regular bath-time routine for James, Bridget, Britney, and Anthony.

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