Children’s palliative care is still in its infancy, but families are beginning to get the help they need

Obesity rates highest among jobless and low-skilled women and smokers, notes study

Baby, who has been named Maria, was found on Steelstown Road, in Rathcoole, Co Dublin

‘Theoretically possible’ investigation might identify parents even if they did not come forward

Critics argue the Dublin site is too small to accommodate both hospitals

Long-running hospital saga has cost taxpayer €40m without one brick being laid

Minister has nothing against chips, but thinks there should be salad on the menu too

Irwin says essential co-location for children’s hospital with maternity hospital

€650m development expected to start taking patients in 2018, subject to planning approval

Sewer under site at St James’s Hospital may have to be rerouted at cost of €18m

Leone Lambe’s mother says status of staff at the closing down hospital is ‘extremely sad’

Most of the 300 staff are completing their last shift at the private hospital today

One in five pregnant women smoke, Minister tells Dáil

Opinion: Facility needs to be located beside a maternity hospital

CSO state one maternal death in Ireland last year, despite hospitals recording more