Four more postnatal hubs to open after success of first five 

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill with healthcare workers at one of the new postnatal hubs in Shankill, Dublin. It comes after the success of hubs in Cork, Kerry, Carlow-Kilkenny, Sligo, and Galway. 

Four more postnatal hubs are set to open around Ireland following successful openings of five hubs in Cork, Kerry, Carlow-Kilkenny, Sligo, and Galway.

The hubs provide postnatal healthcare in community settings away from busy maternity hospitals, while remaining linked to local hospitals, with the Listowel centre, for example, connected to University Hospital Kerry.