Team appointed to investigate hospital where babies died

A six-person team has been appointed to investigate services at a Midlands hospital where a number of babies died in controversial circumstances over a six-year period.

The team, which includes a patient advocate, clinicians, and a governance expert, will examine safety, quality, and standards of services provided by the HSE to patients at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.

It includes veteran patient advocate Margaret Murphy, from Montenotte, Cork, whose son Kevin died in 1999, aged 21, following a litany of errors in his care.