HSE and Limerick hospital apologise to Clare woman for her baby's stillbirth 16 years ago

The family said their case "brings home the very real need for the urgent enactment of the Patient Safety Bill"

Rebecca Collins (left) with her partner Tom and children, Annie, Molly, Alice and Nacy outside the High Court after the settlement over the birth of their daughter Hannah. Picture: Collins Courts

The HSE and University Maternity Hospital Limerick has apologised in the High Court to a woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby in the hospital 16 years ago.

The apology was read in the High Court as the mother of Baby Hannah Collins from Co. Clare, who was delivered stillborn at the Limerick Hospital a few days after Christmas 2007, settled an action against the HSE.