‘Game-changing’ evidence at inquest into baby’s death

A baby who died days after his birth may have suffered a brain injury a week before he was born, an inquest has heard.

In evidence described as “game-changing”, a pathologist’s report found an incident that could potentially have contributed to Darragh Byrne’s death from hypoxia occurred before he was born.

At Dublin Coroner’s Court, parents Maree Butler and Eoin Byrne, from Portlaoise, heard evidence from Colette Adida, a consultant neonatal pathologist at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital.