# Maternity

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# Closure

State purchase of Mount Carmel was never a viable option, says Reilly

The INMO said that Mount Carmel would have been profitable in 2014.

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Feb 18th 2014, 4:40 PM

# Babies

Concerned parents turn to helpline after Portlaoise Hospital revelations

The helpline is open this weekend following an investigation into the deaths of four babies over six years at the hospital.

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Feb 1st 2014, 12:02 PM

# not budging

Mount Carmel workers ‘staging sit-in’ over hospital closure

Staff and supporters of the hospital attended a public meeting last night.

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Jan 31st 2014, 11:13 PM

# fatal failures

Deaths of babies at maternity units investigated

The RTÉ Investigations Unit found that bereaved families were not told that investigations had taken place into their babies’ deaths.

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Jan 29th 2014, 6:55 PM

Voices

Column: Tragic case of newborn boy highlights unmarried fathers' lack of rights

A Dublin hospital has secured a court order to withdraw life-support from a severely brain-damaged baby whose his young mother died after delivery. As the child’s parents were unmarried, the father was not deemed the legal guardian.

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Jan 16th 2014, 4:32 PM

# Maternity

Burton: Maternity benefit cuts aren't a disincentive to women working

Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked Minister Burton about the new maternity benefit rate being brought in under Budget 2014.

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Dec 8th 2013, 7:45 AM

# physiotherapy

Unfilled maternity leave posts having 'devastating effect' on physiotherapy services

The majority of services are operating with 80 per cent or below average staffing levels when compared to the same period in 2007.

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Nov 6th 2013, 5:09 PM

# intersex

Germany to allow new babies be neither male nor female

Parents now have the choice to leave the gender entry blank on birth certs but intersex groups are pushing for a third gender option to be included.

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Nov 1st 2013, 3:02 PM

# Smoking Ban

Smoking banned in all areas of Dublin maternity hospitals

In-patients will have to leave hospital campuses if they wish to smoke with staff to be given advice on quitting.

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Nov 1st 2013, 1:12 PM

# Rotunda

Rotunda master warns of 'intolerably high levels of activity' in hospital

The Head of the Department of Neonatology also said that the inability of the hospital to replace frontline staff is “starting to show its effect”.

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Oct 31st 2013, 10:37 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know this morning.

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Oct 27th 2013, 8:47 AM

# savita

This shocking graph shows 13 "missed opportunities" in treatment of Savita

Red crosses show points at which intervention might have helped Savita in the four days before she died at University Hospital Galway one year ago.

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Oct 9th 2013, 3:31 PM

# giving birth

Study: Better for women to be cared for by midwives than doctors when giving birth

Women who had midwife-led care had fewer epidurals, fewer episiotomies and were less likely to give birth early.

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Aug 21st 2013, 7:05 AM

# MaternityIre

Ireland’s women share their stories of pregnancy, birth and miscarriage

Recent events has women opening up about their negative experiences of Irish maternity hospitals.

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Jul 23rd 2013, 10:05 PM

# infant care

How 'maternity box' gift helped lower infant mortality rates in Finland

Many Finnish babies spend their first nights nestled inside a cardboard box – and here’s why.

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Jul 14th 2013, 5:30 PM

# Abortion

165 amendments to abortion bill tabled

The amendments will be discussed prior to the final vote on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.

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Jul 9th 2013, 7:37 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should suicide ideation clause be removed from Bill?

The issue will be one major question debated today as Oireachtas committee considers Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.

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Jul 3rd 2013, 10:08 AM

# savita

Savita report 'hard-hitting, straight and doesn't pull any punches'

The HSE’s clinical review report is due to be published this afternoon.

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Jun 13th 2013, 10:18 AM

# Courts

State to appeal ruling in landmark 'surrogate birth cert' case

The High Court had allowed a biological mother to be included on her child’s birth cert, even though it was carried by a surrogate.

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Jun 6th 2013, 5:23 PM

# Abortion

Oireachtas committee gives Reilly 1,642-page report on abortion hearings

Some light reading for the Minister for Health.

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May 30th 2013, 6:24 PM

# New delivery

National Maternity Hospital to leave Holles St in €150m move

The National Maternity Hospital will move to the St Vincent’s campus at Elm Park by 2018.

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May 27th 2013, 4:45 PM

# Abortion

Fine Gael TD insists he won't support suicide clause in abortion law

Brian Walsh says the Oireachtas hearings found abortion cannot treat suicidal ideation – and won’t allow it be included.

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Apr 29th 2013, 9:48 AM

# Circle of Life

Woman becomes world's first to give birth after heart transplant

The creation of extra blood, and the drugs needed to stop a transplant being rejected, usually make it impossible.

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Jan 30th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Pregnancy

Maternity care costs for pregnant women with gestational diabetes 34 per cent higher

Authors of the study say results show that Ireland needs to introduce universal screening for pregnant women for GDM.

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Jan 9th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Expert Group

Experts in Leinster House next week for discussions on abortion issues

The Oireachtas Health Committee will hold three days of public hearings.

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Jan 4th 2013, 9:00 PM

# Vital Statistics

Birth rate down by 2.3 per cent in second quarter of 2012

New CSO figures show there were 17,958 births in the second quarter, with the average mother aged 31.9.

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Dec 19th 2012, 11:43 AM

# Abortion

Opinion poll shows majority in favour for legislation on X

The Red C poll for the Sunday Business Post shows some incoherence, though, about other related measures…

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Dec 2nd 2012, 9:47 AM

# Patient Information

Patients’ details could be shared between Dublin maternity hospitals

Discussions have begun over the possible introduction of an integrated computer and patient information system to be shared between Dublin’s three maternity hospitals.

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Nov 30th 2012, 6:30 AM

# Maternal Deaths

Maternal death rate 'up to four times higher than CSO figures'

A report by a HSE-endorsed body on maternal deaths says our maternal death rate is significantly higher than official figures show.

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Nov 26th 2012, 8:44 AM

# New Arrivals

Birth rate falls, but Irish women remain Europe's most fertile

The average Irish woman will have 2.06 children in her childbearing years – more than anyone else in the European Union.

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Nov 16th 2012, 11:51 AM

# Hospitals

Report shows increase in people discharged from Irish hospitals

The ESRI report also showed that 46 per cent of the 25 per cent of women who delivered a baby on a public basis had an elective Caesarean section.

3.8k

Nov 13th 2012, 6:45 AM

# MRSA

MRSA superbug found on 23 newborn babies in Mayo General Hospital

Around 23 newborn babies have been found with the MRSA superbug in Mayo in the past seven months.

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Oct 12th 2012, 9:29 AM

# Children's Hospital

Plans for nine storey children's hospital on St. James's site revealed

The €604 million submission includes plans for a new maternity and paediatric hospital at the Dublin 8 campus.

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May 25th 2012, 3:28 PM

Voices

Column: Symphysiotomy was seen as a gateway to childbearing without limits

Chairperson of Survivors of Symphysiotomy, Marie O’Connor explains how women’s pelvises were unhinged to avoid Caesarean section, which was disliked by Catholic hospitals because of its association with “the crime of birth prevention”.

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Apr 1st 2012, 6:00 PM

# Health

Dáil hears calls for justice for survivors of symphysiotomy

Symphysiotomy was a practice used during childbirth during the last century before the advent of safe Caesarean sections. However, it was used for longer in Ireland because of Catholic religious and ideological circumstances.

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Mar 15th 2012, 8:41 PM

# Holles Street

First female Master of National Maternity Hospital starts job

Dr Rhona Mahony greets Holles Street’s first newborn of 2012 as she faces into a major challenge – the possibility of moving the whole hospital to St Vincent’s Hospital campus.

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Jan 1st 2012, 4:40 PM

# Fat Foetus?

Babies of overweight mothers 'get fatter in the womb' - study

A study by a maternity hospital in London finds that a mother’s weight tends to be passed on to their child, even before birth.

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Sep 26th 2011, 11:23 AM

# Maternity

Public rally in Wexford over plans to cut Domino maternity scheme

It’s claimed that the scheme is being ‘quietly’ withdrawn from Wexford General Hospital. Domino allows for home births and a midwife-led antenatal clinic.

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Jul 23rd 2011, 2:41 PM