Alison O'Connor: Women risk hurting other women when vigilance turns into vitriol

The virtual scalpings would...make someone think twice and expressing a differing opinion, writes Alison O'Connor

People take part in a protest outside Leinster House against the ownership and governance structure of a new National Maternity Hospital. Picture: PA

The fight is over. The decision taken. It was vicious and intense.

The Government this week finally gave the go-ahead for the move of the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) from Holles St to a site at St Vincent’s, Elm Park, in Dublin.