Hospitals say insufficient funding is affecting patient services – The Irish Times
The vast bulk of the non Health Service Executive-run public hospitals believe they have insufficient funding and that…
Coombe at 200: ‘Back then women just had their babies, but now there is so much more to it’ – The Irish Times
It was July 1967 when Bernadette Dunne’s labour on her second child began. The time between contractions was…
Inside Ireland’s cervical cancer test lab: A new start for screening after smear-test controversies – The Irish Times
It’s a Wednesday morning and a delivery of cardboard boxes has been sent to a towering, four-storey building…
How a new mother overcame postnatal mental health struggles – The Irish Times
When Collette McEntee found out she was pregnant, she was naturally delighted but also felt somewhat overwhelmed at…
Babies can categorise objects better at two months than previously known, study finds – The Irish Times
Babies as young as two months old can categorise objects in their brains much earlier than previously thought,…
First Christmas babies of 2025 arrive at maternity hospitals – The Irish Times
A couple living in Kilbarrack, north Dublin, overnight became parents to one of the first babies born in…
‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’ – The Irish Times
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is ending his 40s quite differently to how he began them. “When I turned 40…
Final maternity hospital due to switch entirely to electronic records by end of year – The Irish Times
All maternity hospitals in the State will have electronic health records by the end of the year, the…