'11 days of hell': Inquest into five-week-old baby's death hears of 'potential risk from baby slings'

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard the young boy was found unresponsive after he had been carried around in a sling by his mother as their family visited a Christmas market near their home in Garristown, Co Dublin on December 10, 2022. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

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A coroner is to raise awareness with the HSE about the potential danger of baby slings following the death of a five-week-old baby boy due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Dublin two years ago.