{"id":680552,"date":"2026-11-10T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/680552\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:12:11","slug":"some-outpatient-appointments-at-national-maternity-hospital-postponed-due-to-road-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/680552\/","title":{"rendered":"Some outpatient appointments at National Maternity Hospital postponed due to road closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE NATIONAL MATERNITY Hospital has had to postpone some outpatient appointments, as the area surrounding it is closed to traffic for much of the week.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one knock-on effect of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/epc-summit-eu-leaders-meeting-dublin-disruptions-7220358-Nov2026\/?utm_source=thejournal&amp;utm_content=story-card-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">security operation rolled out<\/a> for the European Political Community (EPC) Summit, the largest gathering of heads of state and government ever hosted by Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile event takes place in the National Convention Centre this Thursday, and has shut down roads in parts of the city centre from Tuesday until Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post, the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street said the \u201cunprecedented measures\u201d mean a number of outpatient appointments must be postponed.<\/p>\n<p>Patients affected will be contacted by text message on Monday and Tuesday. Telephone appointments won\u2019t be affected.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital will still be open, and it said those requiring emergency care should attend as usual.<\/p>\n<p>Due to \u201csignificant traffic and parking restrictions\u201d, access for staff and patients will be facilitated at crossing points and barriers.<\/p>\n<p>In its post, the hospital shared some recommended access routes for those travelling from different directions.<\/p>\n<p>The disruption could be compounded by a planned public-sector strike on Thursday, with rallies due to take place across the country, including Dublin, if the pay dispute is not resolved.<\/p>\n<p>City-centre buses will face diversions, shortened routes, stop changes and delays between Tuesday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportforireland.ie\/news\/significant-disruption-to-public-transport-anticipated-in-central-dublin-on-10th-to-13th-november-around-eu-presidency-meetings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transport for Ireland has warned<\/a> that real-time bus information won\u2019t be reliable.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Luas Red Line services will operate to The Point, but Mayor Square and Spencer Dock stops close from 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday and Friday, regular Red Line services will operate between Tallaght\/Saggart and Connolly only. The Green Line and Irish Rail services, including Docklands services, are scheduled to operate normally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE NATIONAL MATERNITY Hospital has had to postpone some outpatient appointments, as the area surrounding it is closed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[615,287967,103,397,396,287968,61,60,628,16456,113817],"class_list":["post-680552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-dublin","tag-epc-summit","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-holles-st","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-national-maternity-hospital","tag-public-transport","tag-road-closures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}