The HSE homebirth service registered 432 women that year, the national perinatal epidemiology centre in Cork said. Ms Liston first met Sandra Healy, who would be the lead midwife in her care, in February 2022. Solicitor Scarlett Griffin O'Sullivan speaking after the inquest into the death of Laura Liston with Laura's sisters Jennifer and Sarah Liston. One ambulance took Ms Liston towards University Hospital Limerick, while her husband and baby travelled to the maternity hospital. Despite the best efforts of emergency and maternity hospital staff who had driven there to help, she died at 2.15am.

Source: Irish Examiner January 16, 2026 22:00 UTC