Rotunda Hospital

In the first of our six-part Starting a Family series, Catherine Conroy looks at how, for some, the dream of having children is one that can falter at the first hurdle: fertility

No private traffic allowed inside outer ring between 6am and 8pm

Dozens of transition year pupils witness a C-section beamed live from the Rotunda as part of a programme to give students a very real feel for medicine

Family raised €60,000 to fly four-month premature baby back to the US

Joe Griffin realises that parenthood is a crash course in how to care for a living, growing, mewling human being

Professor made settlement for €182,000 in relation to under-declaration of income tax earlier this year

Francis Flynn and Fiona Watters sued HSE for mental distress and shock

Cuts and lack of opportunity stopping doctors returning to Ireland, says Coulter-Smith

Absence of gestational age limit creates challenge for doctors, says Coulter-Smith

Keyhole surgery, microscopic cameras and laser therapy have improved the survival rate of identical twins who have an imbalance in their blood connections

Statistics show twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome affects up to 20% of identical twins

Varadkar hopes work will begin on four new national hospitals within a year

Killart granted planning permission for scaled-back 19-house proposal

Just more than 2% aged 43-45 succeeded in having baby after treatment, study finds

It is crucial that women considering pregnancy first look after their own health

Expert witness tells inquiry pattern of poor performance was carried out by obstetrician