Mother’s heartbreak after 5 teddies stolen from baby daughter’s grave

The mother of a day-old girl who died in September spoke yesterday of her heartbreak that five teddy bears she had placed on her grave had been stolen.

Mary McCarthy begged the thieves to put the toys back, saying it was adding to her grief to think that her baby’s plot could be targeted. Ms McCarthy, a 35-year-old care assistant, could not believe her eyes when she visited the grave of Skylar Hanley, who died on Sept 6, a day after she was born with a congenital organ condition.

Ms McCarthy, from Hospital, Co Limerick, travels to visit Skylar’s grave in Kilteely cemetery twice a week with her partner, Anthony Hanley.