Anne Doolan

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Donor breast milk is crucially important for mothers who cannot produce enough milk for their newly-born infants, and can be a life-saving elixir in the case of premature babies. Photograph: iStock
Breast milk: Why Ireland needs a donor service

Irish maternity hospitals receive donor breast milk via a volunteer group known as Blood Bikes – motorcyclists who give their free time to deliver ess(...)

Mother Sinéad Ward and baby Ríona Roche in the Neonatal ICU at the Coombe Hospital. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times
Touching scene: why skin-to-skin care is best for newborns . . . and parents

Some 86 per cent of all healthy, term babies born in Irish hospitals now receive skin-to-skin care after delivery, according to latest figures from th(...)

Breast is best: breastmilk is particularly important to prevent a severe bowel infection called necrotising enterocolitis.
Why does Ireland have the lowest breastfeeding rate in Europe?

Ahead of the Spice Girls concert earlier this summer lactation consultant Nicola O’Byrne was contacted by an Instagram follower who knew exactly what (...)