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A new campaign has been launched in Mayo to encourage more pregnant women to wear their seatbelts.

Four board members of the Galway Roscommon University Hospitals Group have been called on to absent themselves from a meeting today (Thursday) to discuss the HIQA report into the death of Savita Halappanavar because they are senior managers at UHG.

The Coroner for South Mayo, John O’Dwyer, made a number of recommendations for home births this week following an inquest into a tragic case where a baby was still born after complications arose during a home birth.

The midwife manager on St Monica's Ward at University Hospital Galway has confirmed that it was she who told Savita Halappanavar that her pregnancy could not be terminated because Ireland was a "Catholic country" but added that was not meant in a hurtful context.

St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny is to be allocated 10 new midwives to address the midwife shortage, which is to arise when some 10 midwives retire at the end of the month.

Some 21 admissions to the maternity unit at St Luke’s Hospital on Wednesday this week led to chaos on the ward, which saw up to seven women in beds on corridors.

An eight year old boy has secured €3 million in settlement of his High Court case over the severe injuries he suffered at birth.

The numbers of women attending Portiuncula Hospital’s Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU) rose by almost 50 per cent between March and September this year compared to the same period last year.

The numbers of women attending Portiuncula Hospital’s Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU) rose by almost 50 per cent between March and September this year compared to the same period last year.