'It was a trigger for me to be left waiting': Sinn Féin's Nicole Ryan recalls 'torture' after miscarriage

'It’s not your fault, but there is a shame and stigma attached to it and nobody talks about it,' the Cork North West Sinn Féin senator says

Senator Nicole Ryan shares the printout from her ultrasound at seven weeks in April 2024. Two days before her 12-week scan, she miscarried. Picture: Moya Nolan

It was early 2024 and Nicole Ryan was in transit through Heathrow Airport when she found out she was pregnant.

She was on her way home to Cork after a work trip when she made the discovery. However, on arriving home, Ms Ryan realised she knew very little about what her pregnancy would look like.