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.

Paula Coote holding a photo of her daughter Nancy Coote with Aoife Bromley, Niamh Ní Mhurchú, Callan Tansey Solicitors, and Aileen Coote, Stephanie and Paddy Garrihy, and John and Gillian Coote, at the Coroners Court in Kilmallock. Picture: Brendan Gleeson
Paula Coote holding a picture of her daughter Nancy Coote, with Niamh Ni Mhurchu of Callan Tansey Solicitors and family members, at Coroners Court Kilmallock. Picture Brendan Gleeson

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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