Parents of baby whose organs were incinerated in Cork welcome Human Tissue Bill passage 

The legislation will provide a framework for the retention and disposal of organs used in post mortem examinations

Laura and Fintan Kelleher, who live in Australia, are among 18 families whose babies’s organs were sent to Belgium from Cork University Maternity Hospital for incineration in 2020, without their permission or knowledge.

The parents of a little girl who was among 18 babies whose
organs were sent abroad for incineration say the pain they were put through has “paid off” now that the Human Tissue Bill is at Committee Stage in the Dail.

The organs of Fintan and Laura Kelleher’s baby daughter Hope were sent for incineration without their parent's consent or knowledge. The stillborn little girl was delivered at Cork University Maternity Hospital in November 2019.