Twins return home without tragic mum

Bringing your new twin babies home from hospital to meet their 13-month-old sister is normally a cause for celebration, but for Gerard Martin, whose partner died during childbirth, it was heartbreaking.

Gerard’s partner, Carmel Sheridan, died in the Coombe Hospital in Dublin on Sept 27 from complications while she was delivering the babies, who were more than two months premature. Twins Luke and Carmel were discharged from hospital to their home in Clondalkin, Dublin, this week after spending more than eight weeks being monitored.

Gerard’s mother, Ann Martin, said the family has been devas-tated by the death of Carmel, 30, and has a long road ahead caring for the twins and their 13-month-old sister, Aoibhe.