Protests staged outside maternity hospitals in Republic as Covid restrictions rumble on Members of the campaign group The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS) protest outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin against the banning of birthing partners from maternity Hospitals. Picture by Niall Carson/PA Wire James Ward, PA 11 May, 2021 13:12
A series of protests have taken place outside maternity hospitals across the country demanding better services for women.
The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS) staged a series of protests at Holles Street and the Coombe in Dublin, as well as hospitals in Donegal and Louth.
The group says they have taken action not just in protest at Covid restrictions that exclude partners from attending hospital with expectant mothers, but at the standard of maternity services in the country generally.
No need for maternity service restrictions now - Taoiseach
The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS) staged a series of protests at Holles Street and the Coombe in Dublin, as well as hospitals in Donegal and Louth
Members of the campaign group The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services protest outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin against the banning of birthing partners from maternity Hospitals (Niall Carson/PA)
Tue, 11 May, 2021 - 17:27
Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner and James Ward, PA
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there should be no restrictions on partners attending maternity services, despite several hospitals refusing access.