# Maternity Care
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Last year
2023
birth place
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Will home births ever be the norm in Ireland?
Updated
20 Sep 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
'Maternal request' reason for over half elective C-sections in Holles Street last year
2 Sep 2023
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birth place
Growing number of unassisted births happening in Ireland, say birth experts
1 Sep 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
'Unheard, belittled and made feel small': Women still battling for maternity care choice
31 Aug 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
Tide turning on water birth ban as Drogheda becomes third hospital to reinstate option
29 Aug 2023
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All time
Maternity Care
Explainer: Where 'clinically appropriate' stands as Government green lights NMH deal
18 May 2022
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Voices
Consultant obstetrician: Women of Ireland deserve modern maternity care - we're listening to them
Prof Mary Higgins
Updated
17 May 2022
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Voices
Historian: Our distrust of religious institutions with healthcare is rooted in the past
Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley
Updated
7 May 2022
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Pregnancy
Campaigners to raise gaps in partners' access at maternity hospitals in meeting with HSE
27 Feb 2022
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Covid-19
Health authorities accused of poor communication as more than half of pregnant women forgo vaccine
27 Oct 2021
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Voices
Opinion: Maternity restrictions forced me to labour in the car park this week
Breege O'Connor
14 Oct 2021
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Voices
Opinion: If breast is best - then why are Ireland's breastfeeding rates so low?
Deirdre Geraghty-Smith
7 Oct 2021
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Maternity Care
'Huge disappointment' about new draft maternity restriction guidance, advocates say
Updated
1 Sep 2021
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Voices
Opinion: Excluding partners from maternity care is no longer excusable - there is a better way
Linda Kelly
14 Aug 2021
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maternity restrictions
Maternity care: 'Inconsistencies' in updated hospital guidelines 'distressing'
6 Aug 2021
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Voices
Opinion: Maternity hospitals have no excuses left - they must lift restrictions
Natalie Britton
29 Jul 2021
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Dublin
Pregnant woman couldn't avail of maternity care because she was registered as a man by the State
18 Jul 2021
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Maternity Care
Hospitals told to allow wider access to maternity partners during pregnancy care
24 Jun 2021
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Maternity Care
National Maternity Hospital: Government has 'problems' with project on land transferred from Sisters of Charity
17 Jun 2021
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holles st
Fianna Fáil senator says Donnelly needs to provide clarity on maternity restrictions as protest takes place
Updated
11 May 2021
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Voices
Opinion: Pregnant women in Ireland are left to cope alone in the shadows
Deirdre Geraghty-Smith
23 Apr 2021
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Voices
Opinion: Our baby would not live, so we had to travel to London. Our hearts are broken
Richard Stevenson
21 Mar 2021
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Voices
Opinion: If there’s a will, there’s a way: provision of maternity leave for TDs is not insurmountable
Prof Sarah Childs & Dr Fiona Buckley
18 Dec 2020
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anomaly scans
'It's a postcode lottery': Anomaly scans not available to pregnant women across Ireland
11 Jun 2018
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discharge summary
Mullingar hospital apologises to new mother after a 'series of errors'
1 Jun 2017
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National Maternity Hospital
'It was clear that public opinion influenced the Sisters of Charity's decision'
30 May 2017
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St Luke's Hospital
Investigation launched after mother dies shortly after giving birth
30 Mar 2016
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Voices
'Ireland's maternity units are facing chronic and dangerous understaffing'
Sinéad Redmond
24 May 2015
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Newborns
Coombe to oversee maternity services at Portlaoise Hospital following deaths
27 Mar 2015
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Maternity Care
Six of seven maternity units have "deficits" in tests rolled out after Savita death
19 Jan 2015
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Voices
Opinion: Aside from the abortion question, Ms Y highlights serious flaws in Irish maternity care
Deirdre Duffy
23 Sep 2014
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Watchdog
These are the experts who will investigate baby deaths at Portlaoise Hospital
29 Apr 2014
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perinatal
Study highlights lack of training for doctors in supporting parents after stillbirth
11 Mar 2014
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rte investigation
Calls for an independent inquiry into maternity care at Portlaoise hospital
30 Jan 2014
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