John Waterstone
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Mother loses action over alleged negligence in fertility treatment
- High Court
- March 11, 2021, 13:37
A mother of two has lost her High Court action over alleged negligence in the provision of fertility treatment to her. In a judgment on Thursday, Mr (...)

Breda O’Brien: Child’s voice ignored in surrogacy debate
- Opinion
- July 20, 2019, 06:00
Assisted human reproduction (AHR) is notoriously fraught, emotionally, physically and ethically. The desire to have children is deeply rooted in human(...)

Health Board: upcoming conferences, talks, campaigns and events
- Health & Family
- March 26, 2018, 04:01
1) Cystic Fibrosis Ireland is hosting its annual conference in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk on April 6th and 7th. The theme is independent living(...)

Secrets of IVF: high rate of failure and heavy toll on mental health
- Parenting
- December 5, 2017, 03:01
The day Ruth drove her car up to Howth harbour in Co Dublin and contemplated driving off the side, she realised it was time to stop preparing for a th(...)

Impact of gene editing breakthrough will be muted
- Opinion
- August 5, 2017, 05:25
The work on the repair of a gene in human eggs, reported in the journal Nature, is an important scientific achievement. It made use of “Crispr” (clust(...)

What’s the reality of going it alone through sperm donation?
- Parenting
- September 6, 2016, 06:00
Despite massive changes in Irish society in recent decades, most young women still envisage a future where they will meet Mr Right, get married and ha(...)

Twin delights after seven years and six rounds of IVF
- Parenting
- December 8, 2015, 06:00
On the day of her first appointment at a Dublin fertility clinic, Linda saw a sign in the waiting room inviting those who had had three or more faile(...)

First baby is born in Ireland using new IVF technique
- Irish News
- November 10, 2015, 18:44
A couple are celebrating the birth of a child after using a new embryonic screening technique. The baby is the first to be born in Ireland using the t(...)

Couple celebrate birth of child free of rare inherited disease
- Irish News
- September 30, 2015, 18:40
An Irish couple who discovered they were both carrying a potentially fatal gene when their first baby died have become proud parents of a girl free fr(...)

First baby born free of genetic disorder carried by parents
- Health
- April 26, 2015, 19:18
An Irish newborn has become the first reported case in the world of a baby born free of an extremely rare fatal condition despite both of her parents (...)