An investigation has been launched after a mother died shortly after giving birth at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny earlier this week.
Tracey Fitzpatrick (36) died after giving birth to a son on Easter Monday.
She gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Max, but died moments later as she was being taken into theatre for surgery.
Married just 17 months ago, she lived with her husband Bernard and their two other boys in Templepeter,Co Carlow.
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