Who exactly failed at Portlaoise?

Portlaoise Hospital has become a synonym for substandard maternity care in Ireland. The same could be said of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in England.

There are many parallels between the tragedies that unfolded in both jurisdictions, but those parallels end when it comes to accountability.

Like Portlaoise Hospital, the Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust was the subject of a major inquiry. It was initiated by the British health secretary, ...