A demonstration is taking place outside the Department of Health in Dublin this lunchtime in protest at Government plans to hand ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital to the Sisters of Charity.
An ‘Uplift’ petition has also attracted tens of thousands of signatures in a bid to block the move.
Councillor Éilish Ryan from the Workers Party, which is organising today’s demonstration, says Irish women want well-funded, state-run public services, that are not owned by the Church, big corporations, or anyone else.
