Campaigners for better maternity services launched a national campaign on April 23to get Taoiseach Simon Harris to hold a Commission of Investigation into unavoidable mother and baby deaths in hospitals. An alliance made up of Safer Births Ireland, Feileacain, Aims Ireland, and the Birth Rights Alliance formally launched their call for the inquiry at an event in Leinster House hosted by Social Democrats Health Spokesperson Roisin Shortall. The alliance, which also includes medical negligence experts, lawyer Caoimhe Haughey and barrister Lisa Ann Wilkinson, wants maternity ward deaths and injuries since at least as far back as 2013 investigated.
