Picking up the pieces. No woman should die giving birth in Ireland in 2025 ! Too many do- and the HSE needs to take their deaths seriously.
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined February 2025
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Terra Campaign retweeted
Of 252 pregnant women and new mothers who died between 2022 and 2024, 108 might still be alive had they received better care, according to analysis of the national figures.
🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…
Terra Campaign retweeted
A letter sent by worried staff shows why maternity care is still failing too many families bbc.in/4g44xiB
Terra Campaign retweeted
The General Medical Council must be investigated over what it knew about doctors involved in the Nottingham maternity scandal, the government’s new maternity adviser says
bmj.com/content/393/bmj-2026…
Terra Campaign retweeted
Investigation into Scotland's maternity units to start in autumn bbc.in/4e5ujBG
oireachtas.ie/en/debates/que…
The removal of these reports makes independent scrutiny of maternity services substantially more difficult and raises important questions about the HSE’s commitment to transparency.
Non-Irish women do appear to be at a higher risk of maternal deaths in Irish maternity hospitals.
Racism and 'poor' staff relationships factors in maternity care failings, report finds bbc.in/4aLXOpi
Campaign needed to improve diagnosis of potentially life-threatening childbirth condition and prevent maternal death and peripartum hysterectomies theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
The September 2025 Maternal Death Enquiry Ireland data brief reported a maternal mortality rate of 9.0 per 100,000 maternities (covering 2021–2023), which is higher than many comparable countries and points to ongoing maternity safety concerns.
Terra Campaign retweeted
Increasing numbers of women are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth
news.sky.com/story/maternal-…
The IMIS Reports were originally meant to support quality improvement, safety monitoring and benchmarking of maternity care in Ireland.
A new HSE report shows that the number of women who received caesarean sections jumped from 29.6% of all women in 2014 to 40.6% in 2024.
jrnl.ie/6886425
🇮🇪 In 1987, Ireland had around 2,100 maternity beds - more than double today’s ~1,000.
Back then, mums stayed 5–7 days; now it’s 2–3.
Fewer beds, shorter stays despite the fact mums are older with more medical co-morbidity
In 2024, at least 6 women died in childbirth in Ireland. These were mostly preventable tragedies. @terrasafebirths demands better maternity care. Join us to save lives! #MaternalSafety #SafeBirth
Terra Campaign retweeted
Imagine a maternity hospital only providing food to breast feeding mothers.
When you are in the most difficult time of you life hours after giving birth with a gravely ill child
@CHI_Ireland provide institutional centred control not child-centred care
Justice, is not merely for the living. It is for the dead, who cannot speak for themselves.
#justiceforhavey
Terra Campaign retweeted
This gombeen was at the Oasis concert today and proud to be posting a picture of himself.
(I fixed the bucket hat)
#ResignHarris #JusticeForHarvey
Irish healthcare in 2025:
• €1B+ overspend (again)
• Waiting lists near 1 million
• Scoliosis kids waiting years for surgery
• Maternity care in crisis
• Staff shortages everywhere
• No accountability. Ever.
But sure… everything is fine. 🫠
