One-third of maternal death due to suicide, report finds

Decline in women’s mental health, especially during Covid-19 pandemic, cited as factor

‘I won’t be a silent voice’ – sister of Tuam baby on advisory board overseeing excavation at former...

Ground scans start at former Mother and Baby Home in Tipperary

Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea was the inspiration for the Academy Award nominated movie ‘Philomena’ starring Judi Dench

'Maternal request' reason for over half elective C-sections in Holles Street last year

Nationally, the rates of C-sections and inductions continue to rise year-on-year.

Growing number of unassisted births happening in Ireland, say birth experts

Previous birth trauma and limited maternity care choice can lead women to opt for a free birth.

Mother who died after childbirth in Kerry hospital suffered a ‘catastrophic bleed’, inquest hears

Tide turning on water birth ban as Drogheda becomes third hospital to reinstate option

Water births are used for pain relief during labour and birth across the world.

‘I was shocked’: Catholic-run public hospitals refuse to provide birth control and abortion

Publicly funded Catholic hospitals across Australia are using the cover of religion to opt out of providing reproductive care – and experts say it has created a ‘postcode lottery’ for access to...

‘Deplorable places’: why one BBC drama is shedding light on Ireland’s church-run abuse factories

When Bafta nominee Joe Murtagh learned about the Magdalene Laundries, he realised he had to tell their tale. Here, he explains how he wrote new thriller The Woman in the Wall, starring Ruth Wilson

Magdalene laundry and mother and baby home survivors to honour Sinéad O’Connor in Bray

One Magdalene laundry survivor told the Irish Examiner she would attend the funeral to honour 'the good work she did not letting the State and Church get away with it all'

Noël Browne had a vision for a healthy, compassionate Ireland. The church and the medical profess...

Television: Alan Gilsenan’s film The Seven Ages of Noel Browne profiles the ‘problematic’ minister, champion of the mother-and-child scheme

The wrong hospital in the wrong place

Government appears to be bent on throwing good money after bad

'I don't think I will find all the missing children,' says Corkman tasked with Tuam excavation

The Corkman leading the Tuam excavation says the task of recovering and identifying the remains of 796 babies has given him sleepless nights, writes Alison O’Reilly

Stephen Donnelly says ‘nobody right now’ knows final cost of national children’s hospital

Minister for Health accuses Sinn Féin of ‘playing politics’, saying providing estimated cost could open State to further claims