🗞️ Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social & @maritahennessy.bsky.social attended a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health @oireachtasnews.bsky.social on 18 Feb to discuss issues relating to the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, including implementation progress 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

ICYMI: Now in issue Current mgt & research priorities for second trimester pregnancy loss: a survey of healthcare professionals in the UK & Ireland Andrea Woolner, @lauralinehan.bsky.social, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Rosinder Kaur, Alexander Heazell www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Join us on Thursday @ 4pm GMT to hear more about the #PLRG_PLACESproject Note: Live & recorded webinars for BNE members only bereavement.eu/membership/ @maritahennessy.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @danielnuzum.bsky.social @cdoconnor.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

Current management and research priorities for second trimester pregnancy loss: a survey of healthcare professionals in the UK and Ireland (PASTeL-3) www.ejog.org/article/S030...

New research reveals ‘postcode lottery’ for second trimester baby loss www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n... Andrea Woolner, @lauralinehan.bsky.social, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Rosinder Kaur, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social

Niamh Murphy joined Andrea Gilligan on Lunchtime Live @newstalkfm.bsky.social earlier to speak about the loss of her son Odhrán at 22 weeks + 4 days & changes that are needed to recognise such losses & support people to take the time they need from work Listen back: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

We were delighted to attend the launch of the Lady Mayoress (Karen Brennan's)' International Women’s Day Event @ Cork City Hall yesterday-great to meet lots of wonderful advocates from across from the City ✊ @maritahennessy.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social www.corkcity.ie/en/council-s...

"...policymakers should reflect on how to address inequalities in access to parental leave and bereavement support to remove the practical incentives that may be driving inconsistent registration practices" Ping #PLRG_PLACESproject @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

Many thanks to the @fsuireland.bsky.social for sharing our #PLRG_WorkplaceToolkit on their website so that all members can access it & use it in their workplaces: www.fsunion.org/assets/files... #PregnancyLoss #WorkplaceSupport #PLRG_PLACESproject @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

🔔 ICYMI: Now in issue 📄 Triage & care for women with symptoms/diagnosis of pregnancy loss between 14+0 & 21+6 wks' gestation ✍️ Caroline Fox, Rosinder Kaur, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social, @prenataltherapy.bsky.social et al obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Senator Nicole Ryan (Chair of Cross Party Oireachtas Group on Pregnancy & Infant Loss) calls for debate on pregnancy loss @oireachtasnews.bsky.social www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/d... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

Five reviews into care at Portiuncula in progress, Gloster to tell committee www.rte.ie/news/health/... Watch live from 09:30 via @oireachtasnews.bsky.social : www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee... @fergalbowers.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

A huge thank to Cork City Councillors - Shane O'Callaghan & @horganp.bsky.social - for their local & national advocacy in this area to ensure people who experience pregnancy loss <23 weeks are better supported at work www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social #PLRG_PLACESproject

Fertility, family planning, pregnancy & motherhood among women doctors... Sanjana Biju, Caoimhe Madden, Paul O’Connor, Dara Byrne, @niamhhumphries.bsky.social, Grant Jeffrey, Jennifer Finnegan, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sarah Fitzgibbon, Sinéad Lydon bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

🆕📄 Maternity staff opinions on perinatal death reviews: Parent involvement & changes to standardising the system ✍️ @emilyoconnor.bsky.social, Aenne Helps, Richard Greene, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

🗞️ New research projects in the areas of clinical risk prediction & gestational trophoblastic disease 👋 Officially welcoming Dr Barbara Burke & Dr Aoife Corcoran to the team! 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @carolinemjoyce.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie

'I didn't think it was going to happen to me' - calls for better public awareness of stillbirths www.rte.ie/news/ireland... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @roinnslainte.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social @ucc.ie @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social

🎙️ Prof @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Anne-Marie Farrell & Mairie Cregan (Féileacáin) spoke with Eithne Dodd @rteradio1.bsky.social about stillbirths & action needed on #EndingPreventableBabyDeaths 🔗 Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @hselive.bsky.social @roinnslainte.bsky.social @ucc.ie

🗞️ Congratulations to PLRG members on best poster award at #JOGS2025 - work led by Dr Sophie Boyd & presented by Dr Anthony Sheppard: Post early medical abortion complications in secondary care 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @rcpi.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social

Triage & care for women with symptoms or diagnosis of pregnancy loss between 14 + 0 & 21 + 6 weeks' gestation Caroline Fox, Rosinder Kaur, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social, @prenataltherapy.bsky.social, et al obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🗞️ Congratulations to @niamhhj.bsky.social and @grainnemcsteen.bsky.social who graduated with Masters of Science in Loss & Bereavement @rcsi.bsky.social yesterday 🎓🎉 @irishhospice.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

Our next report will be called ‘Smear the Bejesus out of Them: An examination of the strategic use of reputational damage against women in politics’ #sexisminpolitics #womeninpolitics @grainneseoige.bsky.social @wci-limerick.bsky.social @seeherelected.bsky.social @NWCI

🧰 A quick reference guide to our current suite of #PregnancyLoss information resources - all available on the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Ireland Website: www.pregnancyandinfantloss.ie 👁️‍🗨️ More are under development & will be published in 2026 @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social

📣 ICYMI: Now in print 📄 Appraisal of hydatidiform mole incidence & registration rates in Ireland following the establishment of a National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Registry ✍️ @carolinemjoyce.bsky.social, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Brendan Fitzgerald et al 🔗 jcp.bmj.com/content/78/1...

Really hope this is a commitment to implementing leave for people who experience pregnancy loss <23 weeks as per findings from the #PLRG_PLACESproject comissioned by the Department: Strategy: www.gov.ie/en/departmen... PLACES Policy Brief: www.ucc.ie/en/media/res... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

📄 Mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight infants from twin pregnancies in ireland: a national cohort analysis ✍️ @caroline-oconnor.bsky.social, Paul Corcoran, Anne Twomey, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao 🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #TheMilestoneStudy @researchireland.ie

🗞 PLRG @ the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social #AEPU2025

We are delighted to announce that @niamhhj.bsky.social has been appointed Candidate Advanced Midwife Practitioner - Early Pregnancy Loss/Miscarriage Services @ Cork University Maternity Hospital @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social @roinnslainte.bsky.social www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

On our way to Glasgow for #AEPU2025. Great programme ahead. Check out talk by Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan on Friday on service users' experiences of Ireland 1st off-site early pregnancy unit & our e-posters on the conference platform! @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social

🗣️ Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social & Jennie Cronin spoke with @antonsavage.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social this morning about #PregnancyLoss <23 weeks 🎙️ Listen back: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/the... ℹ️ Our work: www.ucc.ie/pregnancyloss @ucc.ie @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

📣 ICYMI: Now in issue 🆕📄 Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Mortality & Associated Factors: A Nationwide Cohort Study ✍️ Laura Robinson, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao 🔗 obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @bjog.bsky.social @npec-ucc.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social

🎙️ Listen Back | The role of a workplace in dealing with pregnancy loss 🗣️ @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social speaking with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social 🔗 www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/the... #PLRG_PLACESproject @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

View/download our free toolkit for workplaces & book #PLRG_WordsAtWork here: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... #PLRG_PLACESproject #PregnancyLoss #Work @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social @newstalkfm.bsky.social

Pregnancy Loss Research Group: New resources for workplaces | @activelink.bsky.social www.activelink.ie/community-ex... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social #PLRG_PLACESproject #PLRG_WordsAtWork #PregnancyLoss #Workplace #Work

Recognising pregnancy loss as a workplace issue and in working lives is essential, writes Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #PLRG_PLACESproject @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

Miscarriage Care in Scotland: Delivery Framework (Sept 2025) Includes graded model of care-ensuring people receive support following their first miscarriage (as advocated for in our #ReCurrentStudy #PolicyBrief: www.ucc.ie/en/media/res...) www.gov.scot/publications... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

UK | Open consultation - Make Work Pay: leave for bereavement including pregnancy loss www.gov.uk/government/c... Ping #PLRG_PLACESproject

🗞️ Lord Mayor of Cork launches pregnancy loss guide for workplaces 🔗 www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari... 🧰 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie @echolive.bsky.social #PLRG_PLACESproject

Maternal risk stratification and planned birth improve pregnancy outcomes at term: A population-based cohort study. Cynthia Wong, Kylie Crawford, Jesrine Hong, Shannyn Rosser, Vicki Flenady, Susannah Leisher, Robert Silver, Sailesh Kumar www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Compassion matters when supporting pregnancy loss www.corkindependent.com/2025/10/15/c... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie @infantcentreucc.bsky.social #PLRG_PLACESproject

ICYMI | College of Medicine and Health 2025 Research Conference: Academic Health Sciences System PLRG well-represented, with 10 presentations & 14 members attending www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

🗞️ Researchers in Cork have launched new resources aimed at supporting women who experience pregnancy loss 🗣️ Emer Harrington speaks with Prof @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social & Tara Woulfe about how loss can impact women in the workplace 🔗 www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-417... @ucc.ie #PLRG_PLACESproject

We're attending the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow next month - say hi if you're there @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social #Miscarriage #RecurrentMiscarriage #EctopicPregnancy #EarlyPregnancy #PregnancyLoss #AbortionCare #AEPU2025

Listen back: @quiteclare.bsky.social spoke with John Cooke on RTE Radio 1 Liveline yesterday www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Ping #PLRG_PLACESproject #Miscarriage #RecurrentMiscarriage #MiscarriageLeave #ReCurrentStudy

Our latest publication A key area in how we train & support doctors in end of life care. 67% felt inadequately trained 69% felt inadequately supported These data provide impetus for change & will directly improve patient care @seamusoreilly.bsky.social spcare.bmj.com/content/earl...

UCC launches Irelands first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for University staff 💜 www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @joh2024.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social @uccalumni.bsky.social

💜 Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social spoke with PJ Coogan on The Opinion Line-Cork's 96FM earlier today about how we can better support workers who experience pregnancy loss 🎙️ Listen back via shows.acast.com/corks-96-fm-... 🧰 Workplace resources www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... #PLRG_PLACESproject

Acceptable Nomenclature for Pregnancy Loss Care: A Cross-Sectional Observational Survey @bethmalory.bsky.social, Louise Nuttall, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bjog.bsky.social

Last night we launched two new resources: 🧰 Pregnancy Loss & the Workplace: A Toolkit for Employers & Employees 📖 Words at Work: Experiences of pregnancy loss in the workplace {up to 23 weeks} Available on our website-please share & use 🙏 @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

Why are women still treated as a statistical anomaly in health research? @quiteclare.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...