St James Hospital
At least Paul Murphy, and Baby It, will be happy.
“Banning thought crime is Orwellian by its very nature”: 40 Days for Life hit out at plan to ban silent prayer vigils outside abortion clinics.
What about the science?
Donnelly to criminalise silent prayer
Rural TDs vote led split in Greens
Mixed messages from health chiefs.
The Bishop of Elphin has spoken out on the ongoing debate regarding the proposed move for the new National Maternity Hospital to a site at St Vincents. The Sisters of Charity offered to donate the site for free on a 99 year lease but the proposal has become mired in controversy as abortion campaigners believe […]
“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” Benito Mussolini’s formulation remains one of the most enduring definitions of modern totalitarianism. The hyperventilated discussion about the new national maternity hospital has revealed some surprising – and not so surprising – tendencies of most of the political leadership in Ireland. Notwithstanding the […]
42 consultants at the National Maternity Hospital have said that “misinformation” and “misunderstanding” around the planned move to the St Vincent’s campus could delay the creation of a “world-class” hospital. In a letter published in today’s Irish Times, the consultants, including the current master and three former masters, insist that all procedures will be available […]
When I was pregnant with my baby girl, Líadán, we were advised at a scan that there might be an issue and sent to Dublin to have her checked out. At 24 weeks gestation, she was diagnosed with Trisomy 18, the same condition that doctors mistakenly believed was the prognosis for Baby Christopher Kiely whose […]
The concession of full liability for the catastrophic misdiagnosis of an unborn baby at Holles Street has thrust the issue of pre-natal genetic testing and genetic testing in general into the public spotlight. It is not possible to say ‘back into the public spotlight’ because there has never been anything resembling a sustained and […]