Organisation: National Maternity Hospital

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<p> National Maternity Hospital Complex Menopause Service lead medical officer Deirdre Lundy says HRT can cost €50 a month: 'It will make a difference to a lot of women.' Picture: Rolling News</p>

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State-funded HRT 'should include menopausal women under 40'

As Department of Health confirms it is costing a proposal to fund hormone replacement therapy, a menopause specialist highlights the many younger women affected

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Kangaroo care: How holding premature babies skin-to-skin can boost their development

<p>Perinatal psychiatrist Dr Catherine Hinds said 'the other big lack in perinatal services is having a bespoke specialist inpatient unit'. Picture: Moya Nolan</p>

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Reforming mental health services for pregnant women 'unfinished business' — psychiatrists

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'Our two boys are delighted': Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin welcomes baby girl

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Working Life: I go out at 6am... I tiptoe in around 10pm, when my boys are asleep

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Bam ‘is not giving sufficient resources’ to deliver children's hospital

Boy who suffers seizures settles case against maternity hospital with €550k interim payment

It was claimed that following his birth at the National Maternity Hospital in 2015, the baby became profoundly hypoglycaemic, and as a result developed hypoglycemic seizures

Fri, 16 Jun, 2023

Women waiting at least five months for complex menopause treatment

Lack of clinics in some areas is leading to a 'postcode lottery'

Sun, 16 Oct, 2022

Boy, 8, with autism, settles High Court action for €10m

The case is the second only such case before the courts where it was sought to establish an alleged link between autism and alleged hypoxic events at delivery, court heard

Fri, 14 Oct, 2022

Half of women who had vaginal mesh inserted reported impact on physical activities

A study of women who had vaginal mesh inserted 20 years ago in Ireland has found half reported some impact on physical activities from urinary problems, and 8.7% said it has a large impact.Their median age was 67, and 92.4% said they would have the ...

Tue, 30 Aug, 2022

London, UK, 6 March 2021: A menopausal woman puts on an oestrogen patch for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on her upper thigh

Irish Examiner view: Menopause progress needs to be maintained

More than 75% of women experience menopausal symptoms — one in four describe them as severe

Sat, 30 Jul, 2022

Woman with cerebral palsy settles case against National Maternity Hospital for €8.25m

A solicitor for Rachel Barry said the settlement will allow her to live independently and 'do all the things we all take for granted'

Thu, 30 Jun, 2022

With NMH finally signed off, is it time to talk about religious influence on health services?

Niamh Griffin asks if now is the time for a conversation around whether all hospitals should remove religious icons and chaplains and wonders how many people in Ireland want to see chapels closed in all hospitals

Sat, 21 May, 2022

Green Party's Neasa Hourigan will vote against Government on National Maternity Hospital motion

A number of Green Party TDs have expressed misgivings on the deal

Tue, 17 May, 2022

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Peat briquettes won't be banned, Taoiseach confirms

Micheál Martin clarifies scope of new regulations in the wake of Eamon Ryan's controversial suggestion in the Dáil

Sat, 07 May, 2022

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael divided on National Maternity Hospital ownership

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said all concerns and questions regarding the planned National Maternity Hospital (NMH) must be listened to and answered

Thu, 05 May, 2022

National Maternity Hospital petition delivered to Taoiseach's office

A petition signed by thousands of people calling for the new National Maternity Hospital to be publicly owned has been presented to Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s office in Cork.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2022

Expansion of in-pregnancy testing for rare genetic conditions

Prenatal genomics services include a genetic test that can identify a range of conditions — with results available in 14 days

Mon, 28 Feb, 2022

FILE PHOTO Dr Rhona Mahony, former Master of the National Maternity Hospital, has been appointed to the board of HaloCare, the I

NMH staff write to Taoiseach to rebut 'misinformation campaign'

52 clinicians write to assure the Taoiseach and 'more importantly the women of Ireland' that the National Maternity Hospital will not be curtailed by any religious ethos

Thu, 24 Feb, 2022

Girl, 5, with cerebral palsy settles action against National Maternity Hospital for €3m

Alex Donnelly Byrne cannot speak, communicates through eye gaze technology and will need care and assistance for the rest of her life

Fri, 17 Dec, 2021

After fundraising for a scanning machine, Sinéad got it to the hospital — just before her own baby arrived

Her gorgeous little baby arrived just days after Sinéad Hingston-Green presented the new ultrasound to the National Maternity Hospital's TLC Clinic

Tue, 14 Dec, 2021

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Fertility on ice: does freezing your eggs work as a biological clock 'insurance policy'?

A growing number of single women are turning to egg freezing as an insurance policy. To boost their chances of conceiving it's important to undergo the process when their ovarian reserve is still high, advise medics

Fri, 29 Oct, 2021

Mick Clifford: Parents still seeking answers to why they lost their son

Rebecca Price and Pat Kiely 'have exhausted all avenues' in trying to get an independent inquiry into the misdiagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality and subsequent termination of their unborn son at the National Maternity Hospital in 2019. Three years on, no review has taken place

Sat, 16 Oct, 2021

State neglects its moral duty in its treatment of medical negligence cases

The State must defend the public purse. But the tactic of conceding nothing until the end is a harsh ordeal for people who are already distressed, writes Michael Clifford

Mon, 28 Jun, 2021

'No apology' for wrongful termination of Baby Christopher

Couple have vowed to continue campaigning until the pre-natal testing system is made safe for all parents and children

Fri, 25 Jun, 2021

Clodagh Finn: Recalling a religious ‘radical’ when radical action is needed

What would Sisters of Charity founder Mary Aikenhead make of the row over the new National Maternity Hospital?

Wed, 23 Jun, 2021

Government urged to buy land for National Maternity Hospital

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is set to meet the St Vincent's Hospital Group and the Sisters of Charity to discuss buying the land on which the new hospital will be built in Dublin

Tue, 22 Jun, 2021

Niamh Griffin: Maternity hospital delivery is long overdue and women and babies deserve better

The Government’s stance on the ‘complex’ issue of the National Maternity Hospital project is not good enough, and women and babies deserve better

Sun, 20 Jun, 2021

Taoiseach: Public should own new maternity hospital

The hospital is to be located on the private grounds of St Vincent's Hospital and will be run by a new body.

Fri, 18 Jun, 2021

Couple sue claiming they were wrongly told unborn child had fatal foetal abnormality

The court has permitted a hybrid hearing, meaning the case will partly be heard with participants in court and part-remotely via video-link

Tue, 08 Jun, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Let adoptees trace their true identity

'RTÉ Investigates: Ireland's illegal Adoptions' highlighted the extent of official sanction of illegal adoption and child trafficking

Thu, 04 Mar, 2021

Pregnant women should get Covid-19 vaccine, maternity expert says

Evidence mounting that vaccines are safe, including for expectant mothers in high-risk groups

Tue, 09 Feb, 2021

Covid rules mean some women are having to give birth alone

Women who test positive for Covid-19 or are close contacts of a positive case, are being forced to give birth alone in some maternity hospitals and units, contrary to World Health Organization guidelines.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2021

File Photo Problems with cleanliness and other issues in the neonatal units of two Dublin maternity hospitals Holles Street and

Girl with shoulder injury after birth settles case for €650k

Isabella McLaughlin is left with a permanent weakness in her right shoulder and has some difficulty with zip fasteners.

Tue, 08 Dec, 2020

Family settle action over death of baby days after birth

The family of a new-born baby who died days after his delivery at the National Maternity Hospital has settled a High Court action.

Mon, 07 Dec, 2020

Maternity hospital: Religious Sisters of Charity to transfer hospital lands to State

The Religious Sisters of Charity is to transfer hospital lands worth some €200m to the State - removing a key barrier to the construction of the National Maternity Hospital

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Rugby stars pay tribute to frontline staff at maternity hospital

A host of rugby stars have paid tribute to the frontline workers at The National Maternity Hospital in a video created by a midwife.

Sun, 12 Apr, 2020

Coronavirus: Protective equipment stolen from hospitals

Personal protection equipment has been stolen from children’s hospitals, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2020

National Maternity Hospital welcomes first Leap Year baby

Both mother and baby are doing well.

Sat, 29 Feb, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Government must now legislate for safe access zones

As someone who has carried a tiny white coffin out of Holles Street, I can attest to the anguish caused by the wilful insensitivity of the protestors who assembled there on New Years Day.

Sat, 04 Jan, 2020

Harris mulls abortion safety zones after 'intimidating, sickening and anti-democratic' protests

Health Minister Simon Harris has launched a blistering attack on anti-abortion protesters outside the National Maternity Hospital, saying their actions were “intimidating, sickening and anti-democratic.”

Fri, 03 Jan, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Abortion sites need exclusion zones

How disappointing it is that the first anniversary of the liberalisation of reproductive rights in Ireland was marked by a ghoulish anti-abortion protest outside the National Maternity Hospital (NMH).

Fri, 03 Jan, 2020

Hospitals not place for anti-abortion rallies say ministers; Campaigners defend right to peaceful protest

Health Minister Simon Harris has said he is pressing ahead with plans to introduce exclusion zones around maternity hospitals after tweeting that he was “appalled” at new video images of a New Year’s Day protest outside the National Maternity Hospital.

Thu, 02 Jan, 2020

1,517 infants admitted to NICU in 2018; Lowest number in six years

$Baby suffered fractured skull during delivery, consultant tells inquest$

Baby suffered fractured skull during delivery, consultant tells inquest

A baby suffered a skull fracture and head injuries likely to have been caused by instruments used during his delivery, an inquest heard.

Mon, 08 Jul, 2019