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# National Maternity Hospital

This year
2023
# Healthcare
St Vincent's Hospital ordered to release former 'Catholic ethos' code of ethics
The code of ethics, dating from 2011, forbid various contraceptive measures and other forms of healthcare.
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Jun 27th 2023, 12:05 AM
# severe vomiting
Obstetrician: 'Some women with Hyperemesis are choosing not to continue with their pregnancy'
Consultant obstetrician at the National Maternity Hospital Professor Mary Higgins says GPs should be able to prescribe Cariban.
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Feb 16th 2023, 8:00 PM
# New Years Babas
Ireland's first baby of 2023 born just minutes into the New Year
Here’s a roundup of some of the first newborns of 2023.
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Jan 1st 2023, 7:50 PM
Last year
2022
# High Court
Boy (8) settles action against NMH over care at the time of his birth for €10 million
The settlement is the largest for an autism-related birth injury in the history of the State.
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Oct 14th 2022, 2:25 PM
# Inquest
Parents asked to bring baby's body out back entrance of hospital, inquest told
Baby Kevin McNeill died at the National Maternity Hospital on 17 February 2019.
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Sep 20th 2022, 6:14 PM
# dail arithmetic
Explainer: Has last night's controversial NMH vote brought an election closer?
Absolutely not, according to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.
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May 19th 2022, 4:50 PM
# NMH VOTE
Eamon Ryan says his party 'showed real strength' in suspending two Green TDs
The party leader said there was “consensus” within his parliamentary party to suspend Neasa Hourigan and Patrick Costello.
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May 19th 2022, 12:52 PM
# National Maternity Hospital
Green Party suspends two TDs who supported Sinn Féin motion on public ownership of NMH
Losing the two TDs reduces the the government’s majority to just one vote.
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May 18th 2022, 10:45 PM
# Maternity Care
Explainer: Where 'clinically appropriate' stands as Government green lights NMH deal
The term has been defined in the government’s decision but not the legal documents of the agreement.
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May 18th 2022, 4:00 PM
# National Maternity Hospital
Green Party unease over NMH vote as government accused of 'breathtaking cynicism'
The government will not oppose a Sinn Féin motion calling for public ownership of the land.
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May 17th 2022, 7:09 PM
# Elm Park
Taoiseach denies 'sham' debate and says arguments against NMH move to St Vincent's 'didn't hold up'
Despite calls for a further delay, the plan was approved by Cabinet this morning.
The plan was approved by Cabinet this morning and described by Minister Stephen Donnelly as 'a milestone'.
Members of the Oireachtas Health Committee had asked for a further delay in Cabinet approval, saying more consultation was required.
One member, Róisín Shortall of the SocDems, called the last two weeks of debate "a sham and a charade".
SVHG says 'clinically appropriate' could be removed from NMH plan but Taoiseach says there are no changes
Master of NMH says he can't understand 'vitriol of opposition' to new maternity hospital
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May 17th 2022, 3:44 PM
Voices
Consultant obstetrician: Women of Ireland deserve modern maternity care - we're listening to them
Professor Mary Higgins of the National Maternity Hospital says the health of Irish women is driving need for a new campus.
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May 17th 2022, 1:13 PM
# National Maternity Hospital
SVHG says 'clinically appropriate' could be removed from NMH plan but Taoiseach says there are no changes
Representatives from St Vincent’s Healthcare Group appeared before an Oireachtas Committee today.
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May 16th 2022, 4:41 PM
# National Maternity Hospital
'No good reason given' as to why NMH could not be transferred to state, says Cullinane
Ministers are set to make a final decision on relocating the National Maternity Hospital on Tuesday, following intense scrutiny over the terms of the arrangement with St Vincent’s Healthcare Group.
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May 15th 2022, 3:43 PM
# Maternity Hospital
Hundreds protest over NMH as Harris says it's wrong to suggest Catholic influence at hospital
The former Health Minister said “abortion services will be provided” at the new facility.
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May 14th 2022, 4:41 PM
# Maternity Hospital
Master of NMH says he can't understand 'vitriol of opposition' to new maternity hospital
The Oireachtas Health Committee discussed the issue in a heated session last night.
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May 13th 2022, 1:00 PM
# Maternity Hospital
Ex-NMH master Boylan raises 'major red flag' as current master hits out at 'misinformation'
Boylan appeared before the Oireachtas Health Committee today.
The former master of the NMH says the term 'removes autonomy from women'.
Boylan will appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee this afternoon.
Two other NMH masters are in favour of the planned hospital move.
National Maternity Hospital: Health Committee asks Donnelly for further delay of Cabinet decision
Historian: Our distrust of religious institutions with healthcare is rooted in the past
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May 12th 2022, 6:55 PM
# Elm Park
National Maternity Hospital: Health Committee asks Donnelly for further delay of Cabinet decision
The Minister for Health suggested during today’s meeting that a further pause was not likely.
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May 11th 2022, 9:30 PM
# National Maternity Hospital
'If you don't trust me, fine, but trust hospital doctors': Taoiseach says NMH must go ahead
Mary Lou McDonald urged the Taoiseach to convince St Vincent’s Healthcare Group to gift the NMH land to the State.
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May 10th 2022, 3:13 PM
# NMH
Government will press ahead with plans for new maternity hospital
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said there was an urgent need for the new hospital.
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May 9th 2022, 1:39 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should the Government proceed with the current National Maternity Hospital plan?
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is due to appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee on Wednesday to defend the plan.
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May 8th 2022, 2:01 PM
Voices
Historian: Our distrust of religious institutions with healthcare is rooted in the past
Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley says Ireland’s history illustrates that the healthcare of women often came second to a Catholic moral code.
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May 7th 2022, 12:45 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
Q&A: What are the issues surrounding the National Maternity Hospital moving to St Vincent's?
A report by
Céimin Burke
A range of questions are hanging over the relocation plan.
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May 7th 2022, 12:05 AM
# National Maternity Hospital
‘No guarantee’ that maternity hospital CPO would be successful – Donnelly
Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said further delay would not be the right choice.
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May 5th 2022, 1:36 PM
# Health
'A tenner a year lease': Martin says maternity hospital will effectively be in public ownership
Yesterday Cabinet delayed a final decision on the future of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) amid ongoing controversy over the project.
The Oireachtas Health Committee is set to interrogate the plans before the matter goes back to Cabinet in two weeks' time.
Minister Catherine Martin has described this as "a valuable process".
Minister Simon Harris says there was agreement across the three government parties, and all genders, to delay a decision.
'All lawfully permitted procedures', including abortion, to be allowed in new NMH, minister says
What’s going on with the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital and why are people unhappy?
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May 4th 2022, 8:10 PM
# Healthcare
'All lawfully permitted procedures', including abortion, to be allowed in new NMH, minister says
The health minister and several medical professionals held a press conference this evening about the legal framework governing the new hospital.
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May 3rd 2022, 9:47 PM
# Explainer
What’s going on with the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital and why are people unhappy?
The long-running controversy is back in the headlines this week.
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May 3rd 2022, 3:57 PM
# vincents hospital group
Sisters of Charity transfer share of hospital group to charity, lifting obstacle to NMH plans
The development is part of years of debate about the ownership of the site of the new National Maternity Hospital.
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Apr 28th 2022, 5:57 PM
All time
# National Maternity Hospital
Fresh proposals on control of the new NMH site 'smoke and mirrors', campaign group says
The Campaign Against Church Ownership Of Women’s Healthcare said the proposals were aimed to deflect from concerns around the ownership of the site.
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Oct 23rd 2021, 6:27 PM
# menopause
Donnelly announces establishment of Ireland's first centre for menopause
The centre will be located at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.
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Sep 10th 2021, 5:25 PM
# Maternity
NMH able to ease maternity restrictions as 'huge amount of development' done in recent years
That’s according to Peter Boylan, former master of the National Maternity Hospital.
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Aug 13th 2021, 1:04 PM
# National Maternity Hospital
Health minister comes under cross-party pressure to reveal St Vincent's abortion figures
Stephen Donnelly told an Oireachtas committee he could not say how many terminations had been carried out at St Vincent’s Hospital.
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Jul 14th 2021, 2:20 PM
# Letter
National Maternity Hospital doctors concerned 'misinformation' could delay relocation project
Campaigners say the clinicians are “overly optimistic” about governance concerns.
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Jun 28th 2021, 2:40 PM
# Protest
Crowds gather to protest against Catholic ownership of National Maternity Hospital site
The campaign chair said there had been a huge amount of ‘subterfuge and deceit’ over who will own the hospital’s land.
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Jun 26th 2021, 1:52 PM
# St Vincent's Hospital
Tánaiste says government has not considered alternative sites for the National Maternity Hospital
Varadkar said the government wants to own the hospital, and “ideally the land”.
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Jun 24th 2021, 2:10 PM
Voices
Dr Rachael Walsh: There is legal room for CPO of the National Maternity Hospital site by the government
The Assistant Professor at the School of Law in Trinity College says the law does establish a legal route for compulsory purchase.
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Jun 24th 2021, 12:30 PM
Voices
Dr Peter Boylan: The National Maternity Hospital deal is dead in the water, it's time for Plan B
The former Master of the National Maternity Hospital says the Catholic ethos will never meet with that of the State and it’s time to move on.
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Jun 23rd 2021, 7:23 PM
# National Maternity Hospital
'Two fingers to the Irish people': Taoiseach urged to nationalise entire St Vincent's campus if healthcare group refuses to budge on ownership
The hospital group has insisted that it will not sell the land on the Elm Park campus.
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Jun 23rd 2021, 11:43 AM
# Elm Park
St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group rejects calls to sell or give up ownership of National Maternity Hospital site
SVHG says retaining ownership will allow it deliver “integrated patient care”.
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Jun 22nd 2021, 5:36 PM
# heart of d4
Explainer: How an ownership row is still holding back Ireland's new National Maternity Hospital
The Tánaiste has even raised the prospect of building the hospital elsewhere.
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Jun 21st 2021, 4:50 PM
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