Deceased babies were transported in boot of a taxi

An especially distressing finding of the report was that highlighted by Dr Tony Holohan where dead babies were transported in the boot of a taxi to Tullamore hospital for postmortem.

The Chief Medical Officer’s review also found a baby suffered hypothermia on transfer to another hospital because an ambulance incubator was not working.

The investigation — to be followed by an inquiry by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) — was sparked by repeated demands for answers by the parents of four babies who died in the unit.