Midwives are the experts in normality.^1,2 The publication of the National Maternity Strategy³ promotes the role of the midwife by supporting the normalisation of pregnancy and birth. It also recognises the importance of the birth environment and the benefits of a positive birthing experience for women. Midwives...

The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas on July 30, 2013 and for the first time in the history of Ireland’s legal system there was legislative provision for the undertaking of termination of pregnancy/abortion in Irish hospitals.

In introducing the...

Dr Rhona Mahony took over as the first female master of a Dublin maternity hospital in January of last year, attaining the mastership of the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.

The future of the 119-year-old hospital was put on a more solid footing recently when its long-sought-after move to the St...