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It is expected that the hospital will eventually handle around 10% of CervicalCheck programme slides (File image)

Cervical screening tests to resume at Coombe Hospital

Cervical screening tests are set to resume at The Coombe Hospital from today.

Health • 24 Oct 23

IT systems at the hospital have been 'locked down'

Coombe hospital operating normally despite cyber attack

The IT systems at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin have been locked down as an investigation begins into a cyber attack.

Dublin • 16 Dec 21

The hospital said that five or six vaccinators are working in rotation

Staff at Dublin maternity hospital get Covid-19 vaccine

One of Dublin's main maternity hospitals has said all eligible staff will have received their first doze of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine by this evening.

Coronavirus • 08 Jan 21

More than 170 images are being put on display in the hospital

Frontline staff share snapshots of lives in lockdown

Frontline staff at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin have been providing a unique insight into their lives during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus • 29 May 20

Claims were made in the Dáil today that a termination of pregnancy was refused

Fergal Bowers: More clarity needed in Dáil abortion row

There are some key unanswered questions about the claims made in the Dáil today, that a termination of pregnancy was apparently refused at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin, in the case of a woman carrying a baby with a fatal foetal abnormality.

Analysis and Comment • 17 Jan 19

Ruth Coppinger and Bríd Smith raised the issue in the Dáil

Dáil told woman 'refused' abortion at Dublin hospital

There have been heated exchanges in the Dáil after it heard that a woman carrying a baby diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality was not granted a termination at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin.

Politics • 17 Jan 19

Margaret Earle welcomed her first daughter at Limerick University Maternity Hospital at 2.55am

Parents celebrate first births of 2018

The first baby of 2018 was born in Limerick University Maternity Hospital.

Baby • 01 Jan 18

The Coombe Hospital apologised to Eoin McCallig and his family

€15m settlement for boy injured at birth

The High Court has approved a €15m settlement for a four-year-old boy who was catastrophically injured during his birth at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin.

Courts • 21 Nov 17

The Coombe Hospital apologised to Stephen and Catherina McGarry

Medical misadventure in case of baby's death

A mother who lost her baby following a mismanaged delivery has spoken of her heartbreak following a 25-year ordeal.

News • 17 Jan 17

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