'Our maternity system is broken': Campaigners demand Commission of Investigation into baby deaths

Aims Ireland CEO Krysia Lynch said: 'When mothers and babies do not survive, there is a red flag of gargantuan proportions that needs immediate attention.' Photo: Moya Nolan

Campaigners for better maternity services have launched a national campaign to get Taoiseach Simon Harris to hold a Commission of Investigation into avoidable mother and baby deaths in hospitals.

An alliance made up of Safer Births Ireland, Feileacain, Aims Ireland, and the Birth Rights Alliance formally launched their call for the inquiry at an event in Leinster House hosted by Social Democrats Health Spokesperson Roisin Shortall.