The Irish Times view on the Rotunda: inertia and incoherence
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Latest news about the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin
What next for Dublin city’s Rotunda hospital after move to Connolly ruled out?
Maternity facility has been under increasing pressure to cope with growing demand for services and complexity in care it provides
Cost of living interventions not under consideration at the moment, says Chambers
Minister says intervention at this stage ‘highly unlikely’, arguing that last year’s budget measures were ‘permanent, affordable and sustainable’
Rotunda Hospital project to ‘jump to top of the queue’ under fast-track planning law
New planning application could be completed by the summer, says Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Rotunda head welcomes decision not to move maternity hospital to Blanchardstown
Prof Sean Daly says design of new building will be amended for next planning application
Plans to move Rotunda maternity hospital to Connolly in Blanchardstown abandoned
Maternity hospital will instead apply for permission for extension at current Dublin city centre site
Expanding the Rotunda
Dublin maternity hospital founded in 1745 should be allowed to change with the times
Plan to relocate Rotunda maternity hospital to Blanchardstown is ‘some distance in future’
Oireachtas committee told move is based on ‘real patient safety reasons and rationale’ on co-location policy
Fianna Fáil gets ready to mark its centenary as it faces uncertain future
Party launches programme to mark its centenary year which will culminate with a special ardfheis in the summer
Modern addition to Rotunda is exactly what the area needs
Disappointment and anger over planning decision
Parnell himself might well square up in Rotunda Hospital row
The task of An Coimisiún Pleanála was not to adjudicate on healthcare policy or capital investment priorities
Rotunda Hospital decision: Much-needed development or potential damage to city’s heritage?
Refusal of permission for €100m wing at Dublin maternity hospital divides opinion
All Rotunda options under consideration, says Minister after rejection of extension plan
Clinical needs more important than heritage aspect, says Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
What next for the Rotunda Hospital after its planned critical-care wing is denied?
One of Europe’s busiest maternity facilities was refused permission for an extension due to fears it might irreparably damage character of Parnell Square
Congenital heart disease: ‘The surgery went well. I’ve done very well as a child into adulthood’
About 500-600 babies are born in Ireland with CHD every year, from simple to quite complex cases
Letter: Planners want to protect Parnell Square’s ‘character’. Have they been there?
Questioning the ‘character’ of Parnell Square
A disappointing planning decision for Ireland’s busiest maternity hospital
A disappointing planning decision
Plan for €100m critical care extension at Rotunda maternity hospital blocked on appeal
Four-storey critical care building would cause irreparable damage to the character of Parnell Square, An Coimisiún Pleanála concluded
Babies can categorise objects better at two months than previously known, study finds
Study assisted by Coombe and Rotunda ‘highlights richness of brain function’ in infants
Rotunda sexual assault treatment unit records one of busiest years ever
Unit supported 12 per cent more people last year than in 2024
Dublin’s northside needs a maternity hospital that is fit for purpose
The Rotunda is delivering thousands more babies than other hospitals, as plans for its redevelopment have stalled. Meanwhile, across the river in Dublin 4, millions have already been spent on relocating the National Maternity Hospital
First baby of year born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital at 35 seconds past midnight
Baby Elliot Deak was welcomed at 12.00am weighing 3.65kg (8lbs 1oz)
Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital transferring women as far as Drogheda due to bed shortage
Babies younger than 25 weeks were once not considered viable but ‘now we’re looking at 22-weekers’, says Rotunda master
First Christmas babies of 2025 arrive at Ireland’s maternity hospitals
Newborns bring festive joy to families
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’
Ó Ríordáin’s youngest daughter Róisín was born prematurely a few days ago at 26 weeks’ gestation
RTB closing in on deal for new offices at Clerys Quarter
Core Capital chief seeking new development opportunities following dismissal of Revenue winding-up petition
Rise in births to mothers over 40: drivers, risks and mitigation
Most such pregnancies proceed smoothly, an obstetrician says, and there are steps expectant mothers can take to reduce risks
Rotunda Hospital calls for review of planning process amid objections to new €100m critical care wing
Dublin Civil Trust argues proposed building would transform western side of Parnell Square ‘into a street’
Home-birth system is a ‘risk to patient safety’, audit finds
No agreed maximum safe travel time to nearest maternity unit or self-employed community midwife, report shows
Final maternity hospital due to switch entirely to electronic records by end of year
Over one million appointments to go live on next version of HSE app, conference told
Mother settles legal action over birth of baby girl on hospital floor at Rotunda Hospital in Dublin
LesleyAnn Flynn told High Court her baby was born head first onto the floor as she was moved between beds in 2018 birth
Rotunda Hospital gets additional HSE funds to resolve dispute that left it facing projected €6m deficit
Hospital chairman argued it was being penalised for increasing activity and treating more women
‘There wasn’t a dry eye in the house’: Smallest baby ever cared for at Rotunda goes home
Maya Dube weighed just over 400 grams when she was born
Female care assistant sexually assaulted at Rotunda Hospital loses claim for constructive dismissal
Kaitlyn Winston claims she was forced to quit job after hospital refused to sack porter who sexually harassed her
Studying ‘pandemic babies’: Fewer allergies, but lower language skills
The Floral study will give researchers more vital data onthe effect of the pandemic on the microbiome, allergies and social development
‘You need to not go to work tomorrow’: The words that brought a GP’s career to an abrupt halt
Dr Hilton Koppe now runs workshops to help health workers to deal with trauma
Rotunda building plan likened to ‘brick-clad cruise liner docked on Parnell Square’
Hospital says large-scale project is ‘critical’ to meeting needs of patients but heritage group criticises impact on Georgian Dublin
Flu in Ireland: Over 3,300 cases recorded amid ‘disappointing’ uptake of vaccine
HSE chief clinical officer Colm Henry urges parents to vaccinate their children
The first babies of 2025: Bradley, Rowan and Naoíse
Maternity hospitals – and at least one home – were busy overnight with deliveries of new babies
Master of Rotunda: ‘If you’re caring for somebody, you need to understand they have worries’
With numerous developments ongoing at the hospital and growing demand for its services, it’s an exciting time for Prof Sean Daly
First babies born on Christmas Day bring festive joy to families
Last Christmas Day, 75 babies – 38 boys and 37 girls – were born in the State, according to the CSO
New measures implemented after baby’s death: ‘It had been a long labour, the ward was empty and I remember feeling very much alone’
Baby Ollie Buckley died at the Rotunda Hospital in September 2022 and his death was recorded as sudden unexplained postnatal collapse
Long-lost story by Dracula author Bram Stoker unearthed at National Library of Ireland
Gibbet Hill, the Irish writer’s macabre tale of a man set upon by strange children at the site of a real murder, was discovered by Dublin researcher Brian Cleary
Hospitals want Coalition to set out funding over several years as in case of RTÉ
Voluntary hospitals also warn on cost of boosting cybersecurity and weight of accumulated deficits of more than €340m
Rotunda Hospital continued to employ man after finding of sexual harassment, tribunal told
The complainant (19) told her line manager that the male employee had ‘come up against her or touched her, touched off her’ while she was folding scrubs
Rotunda Hospital in €4.275m deal for Cavendish Row Georgians
Move follows hospital’s recent opening of maternity outpatient services unit at Clerys Quarter on O’Connell Street
Large public hospitals warn they could have to curtail or close services as deficits exceed €340m
Voluntary hospitals tell HSE they are facing ‘critical liquidity issues’
Man with cerebral palsy settles High Court action over his birth circumstances for €9m
Mother tells court during case against Rotunda Hospital that her son cannot tell the time and is unable to look after himself
Sexual assault units: ‘This will be one of the most traumatic events in their lives’
Many young women still don’t report sexual violence perpetrated by men they know, even though they may tell their friends about it
More forensic suites needed in sexual assault treatment units, clinical lead says
Data shows more than 1,000 people attended SATUs last year, with 21% of those under 18 years of age
Child with rare chromosome disorder settles case over birth circumstances
Ella Dowling (10) suffered brain damage allegedly caused by lack of oxygen to brain during birth in Rotunda Hospital
Nearly a fifth of male sexual assault victims felt ‘spiked’ beforehand - study
New research shows 24% increase in men attending sexual assault treatment units in Republic
Master of Rotunda: ‘The amount of social deprivation on the north side of Dublin has been an eye-opener’
Prof Sean Daly says night of Dublin riots had a huge impact on hospital, with 17 babies born during the trouble
Some Rotunda staff commuting from Spain due to cost of living in Ireland, says hospital master
Staff travelling from continent stay in nurses’ accommodation at the hospital dating back to the 1930s
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