'Getting him back is the main thing': A mother's six-decade battle to have son's remains returned

In 1967 Patrick Byrne died at two weeks of age and his organs were removed. His mother wants to bring her child's remains home to be buried in Waterford

Kathleen Byrne who's son died in 1966 and his body was never returned to her. Kathleen is living in Waterford city. Pictures: Patrick Browne

In a cemetery in Waterford, an empty grave is waiting for the body of a baby who passed away almost six decades ago.

The baby’s mother, Kathleen Byrne, still grieves every day for her beloved son Patrick, whose remains are in a mass grave in the Angels Plot in Glasnevin Cemetery.