Couple told of care failures as baby died after five days

A couple, whose baby died aged five days old, has heard details of failures in his care at the Coombe Women and Infants Hospital three years ago.

Darragh Byrne died on February 19, 2013. At an inquest into his death, parents Maree Butler and Eoin Byrne, of Woodgrove Lawns, Portlaois, Co Laois, told of the devastation of their loss.

“No words can describe the feeling of being told your baby might not survive,” Ms Butler said in her deposition, read out at Dublin Coroner’s Court.