'How could a normal pregnancy end with... a tiny white coffin,' distraught mother asks inquest

Mother Grainne Somers with her husband Laurence leaving the Coroners Court inquest into the death of her son Laurence on Store St in Dublin today. Picture: Gareth Chaney /Collins

The mother of a newborn boy who died as a result of complications at his birth broke down in tears at an inquest as she recalled knowing something was wrong but not being given any information at the time by medical staff at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny.

Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard evidence from Gráinne Somers from Kilkenny of how her son, Laurence died on January 28, 2018 – five days after she underwent an emergency Caesarean section when 11 days overdue.