Leo Varadkar to meet childbirth widowers

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has invited the widowers of two women who died following childbirth at Sligo Regional Hospital, to meet him.

The meeting with Michael Kivlehan from Dromahair, Co Leitrim, and Sean Rowlette, from Dromore West, Co Sligo, will take place in Dublin on Monday,

The men, who will be accompanied by their solicitor Roger Murray, revealed they are regularly contacted by people worried about the state of our maternity services.