'Devastating beyond imagination': Woman lost third baby due to birth complications

Baby Cian Hunt should have been delivered no later than 36 weeks and 'persistent attempts to achieve a vaginal delivery were inappropriate' due to mother's medical history, inquest heard

David and Breda Hunt during the inquest into the death of Cian Hunt at the Coroners Court, Store Street, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins 

A woman who had suffered two previous stillbirths struggled to fight back tears as she told an inquest how another child died three days after suffering complications during his birth at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar in 2018.

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard evidence from an expert witness that doctors at MUH should have considered arranging for an earlier delivery of the baby given the patient’s medical history involving deaths of perfectly-formed babies.