A post mortem's being carried out on a baby who died at Portlaoise Hospital at the weekend.
The HSE's offered its condolences to the infant's family and says its 'Incident Management Policy' is underway on the case.
An inquiry into the deaths of four other newborn babies at the hospital between 2006 and 2012 found that maternity care wasn't safe or sustainable.
Irish Daily Mirror reporter Sarah Bardon says HIQA is also carrying out an independent inquiry into services at the facility:
