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# Maternity

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Health Minister: 'I have heard people say that nuns will be running the hospital. Not true'
Ex-hospital master to Simon Harris: 'Ask nuns about their plans for €300m hospital'
Over 70,000 sign petition to prevent Sisters of Charity becoming owners of maternity hospital
Busy Coombe Hospital welcomes seven babies to the world on Christmas Day
Inspection finds operating department at Coombe maternity hospital not fit for purpose
At least 12 newborn babies killed in fire at maternity hospital in Iraq
One third of women have their baby by caesarean section
Weight gain between pregnancies linked to increased risk of stillbirth and infant death
Consultant turned tap and pregnant woman told, 'That’s the volume of blood that will gush out of you'
12 things I wish someone had told me before having kids
Dublin's three maternity hospitals are being moved to pastures new
Why are A LOT more twins and triplets being born in Ireland?
'Urgent' action needed to prevent further baby deaths
Woman overlooked for promotion due to maternity leave awarded €70k
There were nearly 70 cases of death or incapacitation in Irish maternity hospitals last year
Woman gives birth to baby using ovarian tissue frozen when she was a child
Decision to outsource surgery at Portlaoise "threatens existence of hospital"
'Ireland's maternity units are facing chronic and dangerous understaffing'
'They were lied to': Health Minister speaks out over baby deaths
Varadkar 'ashamed' of patient treatment at Portlaoise hospital
Investigation after another newborn baby dies at Cavan Hospital
All seven of Jacqui's children have been born prematurely
'Ireland over-medicalises birth - and it is terrifying mothers-to-be'
Couple who lost two babies at Portiuncula Hospital hope review will help other parents
Bosses aren't happy about proposals to give dads two weeks paid paternity leave
Six of seven maternity units have "deficits" in tests rolled out after Savita death
'Never again': New guidelines introduced after Savita's tragic death
Ireland is NOT one of the safest places on the planet to have a baby
Candlelight vigils will mark second anniversary of Savita's death
Poll: Do you agree with companies paying to freeze female workers' eggs?
'Losing three babies is an experience that will stay with me forever'
"Time of the essence" in symphysiotomy redress as three survivors die
They were coy about it, but the HSE has confirmed how much Mount Carmel cost them
This guy's pregnant wife didn't want to take maternity photos... so he took her place
UN tells Ireland to open an investigation into symphysiotomy
Urgent need for bereavement training for chaplains in maternity hospitals
Symphysiotomy couple want to find their child's burial place
Here's a list of maternity homes in Ireland in 1947
James Reilly should not oversee review of maternity services appointment - Adams
The new National Maternity Hospital will open in 2019 - and here's who's designing it