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HOSPITAL DEMO Dublin traffic woes as National Maternity Hospital protest march shuts down city centre

By David Kearns
Irish Sun
May 7, 2017

https://www.thesun.ie/news/964256/dublin-traffic-woes-as-national-maternity-hospital-protest-march-shuts-down-city-centre/

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THOUSANDS of people are marching through Dublin city centre this afternoon protesting against religious ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital.

The main throughway through the capital, O’Connell St, is currently closed to allow the thousand or so demonstrators passage on their way to Merrion Square.

AA Roadwatch and gardai are advising those travelling through Dublin to avoid the city centre as best as they can for the next few hours.

Those protesting today are opposed to the Government’s decision to appoint the Sisters of Charity as sole owners of the new €300m taxpayer-funded hospital.

The ‘We Own Our Hospitals’ march is being organised by Parents for Choice, together with Uplift, the National Women’s Council, and Justice for Magdalenes.

These various groups have said the hospital belongs in public not private hands, and are calling on Minister for Health Simon Harris to reverse the decision.

Deputy Harris has so far resisted this request, repeatedly insisting that there will be no religious interference in the hospitals ethos or clinical independence.




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