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Update 2.24pm: Large crowds have gathered in Dublin this afternoon protesting against plans to hand over ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital to the Sisters of Charity.
Several women’s rights groups say the €300m taxpayer-funded building should not be handed over to a religious order.
Today’s demonstration is organised by Parents for Choice, Uplift, the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Justice for Magdalenes.
The groups say handing over the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital – to be built on the campus of St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin – to a religious order – is a mark of disrespect to Irish women.
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