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Cork University Maternity Hospital offers unreserved apology to family of Marie Downey and her newborn son Darragh

Marie Downey and her baby son Darragh.

Cork University Maternity Hospital has apologised and said it is “truly sorry” after a mother died when she fell out of a bed while breast-feeding and her new born baby suffocated under her.

Marie Downey broke her neck in the fall three days after giving birth to her third child, a son, Darragh.