IRELAND
Irish Independent
Hayley Halpin
May 7 2017
A protest against the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital being given to the religious order the Sisters of Charity is set to take place in Dublin city centre today.
The demonstration is being organised by the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Uplift and Parents for Choice in Pregnancy and Stillbirth.
The march will gather at the Garden of Remembrance at 2pm before demonstrators make their way down to Leinster House.
Uplift created a petition aimed at the Department of Health to block Sisters of Charity as “sole owners” of the National Maternity Hospital. The petition has received over 103,000 of 125,000 signatures.
Denise Kiernan, creator of the petition, is set to be one of the speakers at today’s marc
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