‘Death of our babies led us to this day’ say national maternity strategy campaigners

Two mothers who played leading roles in campaigning for other women to have access to safe maternity care have welcomed Ireland’s first national maternity strategy.

Shauna Keyes and Róisín Molloy, who lost their babies shortly after they were born at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, were part of the group that developed the strategy.

Shauna had her daughter, Maisie, in Portlaoise Hospital in December 2014, almost a year after concerns about its maternity services were highlighted in the media.