A local GP and TD insists he still has confidence in the maternity unit at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe - despite another baby's death being reviewed. This brings to 10 the number of reviews under way into the care provided to women and babies at this hospital.
Six infants needed specialist cooling in 2024 and 2025, which is significantly above the norm. But Fianna Fáil TD and Ballygar GP, Martin Daly, is reassuring people about the safety of the unit: