Online protest calls for end to visiting restrictions in maternity hospitals

Holly Cairns with Siobhán O'Donohue, director Uplift, and Hazel Chu, Lord Mayor of Dublin, at an Uplift rally in December outside the Coombe Women's Hospital to protest at the maternity ban on partners. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

An online protest against visiting restrictions in maternity hospitals takes place today organised by advocacy group AIMS Ireland.

Maternity hospitals seeking to restrict footfall during the pandemic also excluded partners of pregnant women, with many only starting to ease restrictions last month.