Baby in arms of driving mum died in crash

A three-month-old baby travelling in his mother’s arms as she drove to the shop died after an airbag deployed following a collision.

Paddy Francis Maughan of St Margaret’s Park, Finglas, Dublin 11, was rushed to Temple Street Children’s University Hospital where he died two days later.

“My life’s been turned upside-down since that day. I had my moments with him, I used to give him baby dinners and feed him while we watched the World Cup,” the child’s father, Peter Maughan, said at an inquest into his son’s death.