St Vincent’s Healthcare Group and State struggled to agree on land ownership in 2017
Hospital project has been beset by delays amid concerns about site ownership and potential religious influence over new facility
National Maternity Hospital: Has threat of church influence been removed?
One former NMH master distrusts religious on women’s reproductive healthcare
National Maternity Hospital ethos debate a ‘distraction’
Move to St Vincent’s site at risk as scrutiny of religious order persists, NMH master warns
Consultants say Rome assent to deal clears way for new National Maternity Hospital
Catholic Church teachings will have ‘no authority ’ at Elm Park, says canon lawyer
Sisters of Charity lists St Vincent’s properties it will transfer to new entity for €1
Transfer is seen as removing an obstacle to building the new National Maternity hospital
Vatican approves transfer of lands at St Vincent’s hospital site
Formal approval removes one of remaining barriers to building new maternity hospital
Sisters of Charity urge no delay in building of new maternity hospital
Health Minister says all outstanding issues have to be resolved before substantial building work begins
Church ethics permeate private not public hospitals
Controversy about ethical codes overstates church influence in healthcare
Diarmaid Ferriter: How did Irish religious orders get so rich?
The orders have profited spectacularly at the expense of community welfare
Depiction of Sisters of Charity like ‘elder abuse’, says Sr Stan
Nun was shocked by some of the ‘very distasteful’ media coverage of the order
Catholic archbishop has no wish to be chair of National Maternity Hospital
Diarmuid Martin a ‘firm believer in having hospitals with a voluntary component in their management’
Dr Peter Boylan says Sisters’ decision is ‘noble and honest’
Leading obstetrician had spoken against deal to give nuns ownership of new maternity hospital
Diarmaid Ferriter: St Vincent’s was built with public money
Sisters of Charity benefited greatly from the sweepstakes yet retain ownership of the hospital
The RTÉ campus may be a better site for the National Maternity Hospital
Why are religious congregations involved in providing private medical care?
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