Doctors ‘could not have foreseen’ woman would kill baby son, inquest hears
An inquest has heard that doctors could not have foreseen that a woman with a number of health complications would kill her baby son before taking her own life in their home in Dublin two years ago.
The bodies of Kate Donohoe and her 10-month-old son, Vincent, were discovered at a house in Beechfield Court, Clonee, Co Dublin, on October 8th, 2022.
An inquest at Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Monday heard that a handwritten note found on a coffee table in the house dated October 4th, 2022, had read: “Vincent is too beautiful for this world.”
News in Ireland
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- Attitudes to Traveller people more negative among middle class than working class - study: Middle-class people hold more negative attitudes about Traveller and Roma people than those from working-class backgrounds, according to a report published on Tuesday.
- Balkan war criminal found hiding in Ireland jailed for kidnap and torture: A Balkan war criminal who hid in Ireland for almost two decades has been jailed for seven years for abduction and torture following his extradition to Croatia last year.
- Dublin school to review statement telling parents students must attend all religious ceremonies: A Dublin school has said it will review aspects of its ethos statement following a message circulated to parents noting all pupils are required to attend religious ceremonies.
- Weather forecast: Tuesday will become rather windy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading across the country. The rain will be heaviest and most persistent in the south and west. Highest afternoon temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees. Tonight will see further outbreaks of rain but a clearance to scattered showers will follow from the west by dawn tomorrow. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.
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