No rise in jail term for Waterford woman over manslaughter of her own new-born baby

The Court of Appeal President said she was a "terribly troubled young woman" at the time of the pregnancy and that she "needed help, not punishment"

She was jailed for three months, of which she served five weeks' imprisonment. File photo: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

The State has failed in a bid to increase the sentence imposed on a "troubled" young woman jailed for the manslaughter of her own new-born baby, who she put in a bin after giving birth in a toilet.

Court of Appeal President Mr Justice George Birmingham said on Friday that Caitlin Corcoran was a "terribly troubled young woman" at the time of the pregnancy and that she "needed help, not punishment".