Philomena Canning: The ‘warrior who stood up for what was right’

Independent midwife Philomena Canning was devastated that she was going to die before getting to tell the full story of her battle with the HSE, writes Michael Clifford.

Philomena Canning died on 22 March last. She was 59 and had been suffering from ovarian cancer. She had forged a career as an independent midwife specialising in home births.