'We will see 40,000 in Croke Park and I can’t have my husband there for early labour'

Rachael Bermingham from Limerick criticised the HSE’s focus on Dublin hospitals: 'There is an entire country outside of the Pale, and women suffering out here.'

A woman due to give birth this month has vented her frustration at seeing large crowds at sports events while her husband has never been allowed to hear their child's heartbeat. 

Rachael Bermingham is almost 37 weeks pregnant but her husband is still being refused access to maternity care appointments because of the failure of some hospitals to implement new national guidelines.