Reason for cot deaths hard to determine, Cork inquest told 

Edel House on Grattan Street in Cork, Where Emma Murphy and her baby Myles were living. Picture: Denis Minihane

Despite extensive research and investigation into cot deaths, the reason for why they occur is still hard to determine, according to a senior pathologist.

Assistant State pathologist Margaret Bolster was speaking at an inquest in Cork City Coroners Court yesterday into the death of Myles Murphy, of Edel House, Grattan St, Cork City, on January 10 this year. Sudden infant death syndrome, also known as cot death, was given as his cause of death, with a verdict of natural death returned by coroner Philip Comyn.