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Recent News
2004
October
20th October '04
Caesarean
rate jumps by 81%
Caesareans
may increase
babies' allergy risk
Home
birth report
backs NMH policy of forcible
hospitalisation for mothers “who do not conform”
June
11 June '04
Dublin hospital
statistics show
citizenship debate is a storm in a tea-cup
April
14 Apr 2004
Fears
for the future of homebirths
Jackie
Bourke on the dwindling
options for home birth in Ireland in the 21st century
March
31 March 2004
Homebirth
committee attacked
January
6th January 2004
Goodbye 2003
A bad Year for midwifery
& birth in Ireland
5th
January 2004
Czech Republic
prepare for EU by banning midwives
2003
November
6th
November 2003
Greens Pledge
to Amend 1970 Health Act to Ensure the Right to Homebirth
5th
November 2003
Supreme
Court Homebirth Ruling is ‘Regrettable’ Says Gormley
5th
November 2003
Supreme Court decision highlights
need for reform
Joint statement of the National Birth Alliance & Homebirth
Association of Ireland
September
5 September 2003
Rolling
back the Bonner
and Kinder Reports
5
September 2003
Medical
Council appeals
for immediate changes in law
4
September 2003
Neary
report raises more concerns
Neary
report raises
concerns about other doctor
August
27 August 2003
The Hanley
Report
20
August 2003
A system
without locks
Woman
who opted for
homebirth was refused hospital treatment
Minister
faces lawsuit
threat on obstetric cases
July
Safety
of Home Delivery Compared with Hospital Delivery in the Eastern
Region Health Authority in Ireland in the Years 1999-2002
May
14 May 2003
The pros and cons of
Caesarean section
8
May 2003
Patients
at risk in
Limerick Maternity Hospital
8 May 2003
Patients
at risk in
Wexford maternity unit - INO
8
May 2003
Irish
Midwife
a vanishing species
April
7th April '03
TD
Paudge Connolly Opposes
National Maternity Closures
Press Release
5 April '03
Maternity
closures will result in roadside births
and roadside deaths
Talk given by Marie O’Connor National Birth Alliance
Over
600 turn out for
maternity cuts protest
Parents
march against
maternity hospital cutbacks
Quotations
from John Gormley, T.D.
at National Birth Alliance march
More
News
on the march here
3 April '03
Minister
urged to reject
maternity closures
2
April 2003
Maternity
unit
cuts will cost lives
March
27th March 2003
How the
boys Finally beat the girls
26th
March 2003
Northern
Ireland Women
Need Birthing Units - UU Expert
Woman
who opted for homebirth
was refused hospital treatment
24
March 2003
Expert
calls for low tech birthing units
20th
March 2003
Active
management and the bullying of women in labour
February
26 Feb 2003
4.5
million injuries award,
one of highest in state history
Independent
26
Feb 2003
Striking
a balance
between medicine and the courts
Independent
21
Feb 03
Thousands
at risk in hospital plan
Irish Examiner
20
Feb 2003
Birth Alliance's presentation
to
the Joint Oireachtas Committee
on Health and Children
Group
oppose maternity
care trends
3
Feb 2003
2,000
protest at maternity unit closure
Nearly 2,000 people attended a rally in Dundalk this afternoon
to protest against the closure of the Louth County Hospital’s
maternity unit.
January
6
Jan 2003
Second
baby mix-up in
SHB within 3 months
2002
October
11th
October 2002
Health
Board Challenges
Controversial Figures On Birth Procedures at WRH
July
College
chief bids to end hospital row
The shortage was caused by the college’s decision to no longer
recognize the hospital as a training hospital for Anesthetist's.
Local independent TD Paudge Connolly said this was because of
the poor case mix on offer to junior doctors, particularly since
the closure of the hospital’s maternity unit last year
2001
August
1st
August 2001
Maternity
hospital warns it may limit numbers
By Marie O'Connor
The National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street, has warned that
it may have to turn patients away until a midwifery crisis in
the major Dublin maternity hospitals is addressed.
February
Monaghan
Maternity services
Anglo Celt
Following a week of uncertainty dark clouds remains over the maternity
services at Monaghan General Hospital and Louth County Hospital
in Dundalk, despite a delegation from the North Eastern Health
Board meeting the Minister for Health on Tuesday night seeking
his intervention, writes Michael Cryan.
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