Almost 20% rise in proportion of three-month-old babies still being breastfed, HSE data shows

Kelsie O’Mahony and her daughter Halle, aged 14 months, from West Cork ahead of National Breastfeeding Week 2024. Pictures: Gerard McCarthy 

There has been a 18.6% increase since 2015 in the proportion of three-month-old babies still being breastfed, new data from the HSE shows.

One West Cork mother told how support from a public health nurse and local breastfeeding group helped with breastfeeding her daughter, Halle.