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Revenue, operating profit rise as company records growth across its business

Woman who suffered severe brain injury following birth of child settles for €10m

Leanne Doyle (35) ‘lost all enjoyment’ in the first five years of her daughter’s life

HSE chief says governance concerns will not stall new maternity hospital

Health service raised issues about board make-up of new hospital, says Reid

State ownership of maternity hospital land would be ‘inappropriate’

Concerns mount about potential religious influence in the new hospital

Varadkar says ‘outstanding issues’ remain in relation to maternity hospital move

Tánaiste insists he has ‘no concern’ provision of lawful procedures will be blocked

State’s plan to buy site of new national maternity hospital thrown into disarray

Government caught off-guard as St Vincent’s Hospital group says it will retain ownership

Site ownership a recurring concern about National Maternity Hospital

Government uncomfortable building €800m hospital on land it does not own

Government to renew effort to purchase National Maternity Hospital site

State to engage with St Vincent’s Hospital Group and Religious Sisters of Charity

Cork-based Healthcare 21 sold to Swedish group in €245m deal

Sale of medical equipment supplier triggers payday for founder and top managers

Hundreds protest HSE closure of inpatient services at Carrick-on-Suir hospital

Hospice care to end as St Brigid’s District Hospital to become community health centre

DCC boosted by electronics sales in lockdown as profit rises

Six months to end of September saw drop in demand for some sectors due to restrictions

Cancer services operating as low as half pre-Covid levels

Officials concerned over number of people waiting more than 52 weeks to access core therapies

New maternity hospital will be bound by Irish, not canon, law

Constitution and articles of new company approved by Charities Regulator and Revenue

Carer settles €1m tax bill with Revenue

Defaulters list show 35 taxpayers agree to pay total of €6 million in first quarter

National Maternity Hospital: Has threat of church influence been removed?

One former NMH master distrusts religious on women’s reproductive healthcare

No ‘vested interest’ to veto procedures at new national maternity hospital

All medical procedures permitted in Irish law will be provided for, hospital group says

Consultants say Rome assent to deal clears way for new National Maternity Hospital

Catholic Church teachings will have ‘no authority ’ at Elm Park, says canon lawyer

Sisters of Charity lists St Vincent’s properties it will transfer to new entity for €1

Transfer is seen as removing an obstacle to building the new National Maternity hospital

Mixed reaction to announcement of Rome assent to transfer of site at St Vincent’s

Call for correspondence between Sisters of Charity and Vatican to be made public

Vatican approves transfer of lands at St Vincent’s hospital site

Formal approval removes one of remaining barriers to building new maternity hospital

Sisters of Charity urge no delay in building of new maternity hospital

Health Minister says all outstanding issues have to be resolved before substantial building work begins

Disposal of St Vincent’s property a matter for nuns and Rome – Archbishop

Diarmuid Martin says he has no role under canon law regarding hospital property

Nuns ‘haven’t gone away’ from maternity hospital, Shortall claims

Social Democrats politician responds to comments by Dr Rhona Mahony

New national maternity hospital approval must be delivered by year end

St Vincent’s site may fall foul of EU building rules after saga of politics, finance and ethos

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Simon Harris ‘very cautious’ about VHI buying private hospitals

Minister for Health says he would ‘need to think long and hard’ about any initiative

Review of voluntary hospitals in delivering health and social services

Harris seeking approval for expert group to look into status of voluntary organisations

John McManus: State should split St Vincent’s or risk creating a monster

Taxpayer-funded assets will be controlled by opaque group with deep enthusiasm for private medicine

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Morning briefing: school waiting lists, May gets a grilling

Sisters’ surprise maternity hospital move recognises modern Ireland

St Vincent’s order was not blind to clash of Catholic values with more liberal laws

Dr Peter Boylan says Sisters’ decision is ‘noble and honest’

Leading obstetrician had spoken against deal to give nuns ownership of new maternity hospital

Dublin Lord Mayor accuses Simon Harris of ‘living on another planet’

Cllr Brendan Carr says deal over maternity hospital does not address public concerns

Crowds protest religious ownership of new maternity hospital

More than 1,500 attend demonstration while petition receives 100,000 signatures

Concerns about possible Vatican intervention in new maternity hospital

Amnesty sends letter to Minister for Health outlining ‘significant issue’ regarding ownership and ethos

Maternity hospital will have full clinical independence – Kenny

Taoiseach tells Dáil Sisters of Charity will not have board majority

IVF, sterilisation and morning-after pill banned by Sisters of Charity

Bishop Kevin Doran says Catholic hospitals have ‘special responsibility’ to Catholic teachings

Maternity hospital move to be ‘legally waterproof’, Taoiseach says

One month to be granted to Simon Harris to confirm ownership structure of facility

NMH board reaffirms commitment to St Vincent’s move

Motion not universally passed at board meeting; Some members express concern at ownership

Rhona Mahony: New hospital will revolutionise healthcare for women and children

‘New hospital will continue to offer contraception and termination when mother’s life is in danger’

The RTÉ campus may be a better site for the National Maternity Hospital

Why are religious congregations involved in providing private medical care?

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