Our Niamh Ni Mhurchu represented the family whose world was ‘turned upside down’ by death of beloved 21-month-old with Down Syndrome. The coroner recorded a narrative verdict at the inquest into the death of Nancy Coote Guilfoyle who died on October 1, 2023.

The mother of a 21-month-old girl with Down Syndrome said the family’s lives were “turned upside down” by her sudden death after her inquest recorded a narrative verdict.
Nancy Coote Guilfoyle died on October 1, 2023. Her mother Paula said the family, including Nancy’s two sisters, were left with “broken hearts”.
“We will never be the same again,” she told coroner John McNamara in Kilmallock.
“We wake up every morning with the brutal realisation that Nancy is gone and isn’t coming back.”
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