Women's Medical Negligence

The majority of pregnancies and birth proceed without any major difficulties however, mistakes can be made by your medical team during pregnancy (antenatal care), the delivery process or with your aftercare. These mistakes may lead to complications resulting in...

Towards the end of labour your skin and muscle layers in or around your vagina stretch and thin to allow your baby make his or her entrance into the world. Tears are most common in women having their first vaginal delivery and range from small abrasions to deep...

Four in ten people will suffer from cancer at some time in their lives. However, it has been repeatedly shown that early diagnosis increases a person’s chance of recovery. Unfortunately, despite all the screening techniques available, a cancer diagnosis is...

Four in ten people will suffer from cancer at some time in their lives. However, it has been repeatedly shown that early diagnosis increases a person’s chance of recovery. Unfortunately, despite all the screening techniques available, a cancer diagnosis is...

James McSweeney Solicitor specialises in the area of reproductive law. He has represented clients in the High Court and the Supreme Court in reproductive matters, most notably the case of Roche v. Roche [2010]. There are many different types of fertility treatment...

Contraception is a very broad term which covers a range of products and procedures from condoms to surgical contraception. Oral contraceptives operate by releasing hormones into the body and altering the normal hormonal structure of the body. For this reason, they...

The private cosmetic surgery industry in the Republic of Ireland is inadequately regulated. Cosmetic surgery clinics often employ or contract doctors who are specialists in areas other than plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery including general surgeons,...

To date, thousands of women all over Ireland have received transvaginal mesh surgery for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. A large number of these surgeries have been successful but unfortunately, there are hundreds of women...