The group representing women who underwent symphisiotomies during childbirth are seeking a meeting with the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar.

Up to 300 survivors of symphysiotomy have unanimously rejected the Government's plan for redress.

Victims of controversial birthing methods used by Irish hospitals in the 50s and 60s are meeting in Dublin today, saying they are determined to get the compensation they deserve.

Doctors who forced a brutal medical procedure on pregnant women as recently as the 1990s did it to fight the crime of birth control, it has been claimed.

A new report has revealed that Irish women had to undergo a brutal form of surgery during childbirth, as caesarean sections were withheld from them.

Kilkenny manager Ann Downey jumped for joy as her side sent last year's beaten All-Ireland finalists Galway out of the 2009 Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship this afternoon.

The National Birth Alliance has said the Hanly report will lead to a rise in roadside births.

THE proposed break-up of Aer Rianta into three separate airports went a step further yesterday with the appointment of the board members for the Dublin Airport Authority.

Former chief executive of the Jefferson Smurfit Group Gary McGann has been appointed chief executive designate of the new Dublin Airport Authority.

WOMEN refused a home birth service are going to the Supreme Court next week to fight a High Court decision which exempts health boards from funding the service.

Parents and health professionals are taking to the streets of Dublin today, to protest against planned cuts in hospital maternity services.