HSE under fire over midwife probe

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has met with the homebirth midwife who has been the subject of a long-running controversial HSE probe.

Philomena Canning, who is suing the HSE for the manner in which her midwifery practice was suspended, briefed the minister on how she felt she had been subjected to an inappropriate and unfair process at the hands of the HSE.

Ms Canning, who was suspended 13 months ago on foot of an investigation into two incidents in deliveries which she attended, was invited to meet the minister last week, three days after the latest column in the Irish Examiner highlighting her plight.