Coroner called for maternity unit inquiry in 2010

A family who lost two newborn babies half a decade ago at a hospital now facing a “too similar” maternity services crisis has claimed the current scandal would not exist if officials acted on what happened.

Warren Reilly hit out at the situation last night after questioning whether a 2011 coroner-sought inquiry into Portiuncula Hospital after his second daughter’s death in 2010 ever took place.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Mr Reilly, from Loughrea in Co Galway, said Dublin city coroner Dr Brian Farrell called for an inquiry into the hospital’s maternity services four years ago after the death of his daughter Amber.