Pioneering midwife Philomena Canning dies

Promoter of home births had a long running legal dispute with the HSE

Independent midwife Philomena Canning asks to be let ‘die in peace’

Terminally ill midwife sought speedy settlement against HSE to buy anti-cancer drug

Supporters of terminally ill midwife call on Harris to instruct HSE to settle case

Philomena Canning suing over suspension of indemnity insurance in 2014

Maternity group calls on Simon Harris to expedite case of terminally-ill midwife

Minister for Health urged to intervene to ensure Philomena Canning gets treatment

Sabina Higgins calls breastfeeding drive ‘the most important thing in the world’

‘Women have to be empowered or the planet cannot survive socially, environmentally or economically’

New maternity hospital will be Europe’s biggest birth factory

Industrialised and interventionist childbirth facilities fly in face of women’s human rights

“The whole nation needs to grow up a little bit”

Midwife tells podcast ‘whole nation needs to grow up a little bit on issue of abortion’

HSE defends handling of home birth midwife investigation

Philomena Canning has not worked for a year despite having right to practise restored

Home birth midwife Philomena Canning reinstated by HSE

Solicitors for HSE say ‘necessary foundation’ no longer exists for temporary suspension

Róisín Ingle on . . . home birth stories

Controversy over home births continues to centre on dispute between midwife and HSE

Midwife Philomena Canning can no longer practise after insurance revoked

Supporters of midwife stripped of indemnity hand in petition

Women turn out at Leinster House to submit 3,000-strong petition to Minister for Health

Home birth advocates to protest over midwife insurance

About 2,500 people sign petition over treatment of Philomena Canning

Midwife fails to secure injunction against HSE

Canning claimed decision to withdraw indemnity cover was unlawful