Keelin O’Donoghue

Mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight infants from twin pregnancies in ireland: a national cohort analysis - Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) Introduction Twin pregnancies contribute disproportionately to neonatal morbidity and mortality, primarily due to preterm birth and very low birth weight (VLBW). While studies have yielded conflicting...

📄 Mortality & 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

How to support workers who experience pregnancy loss There is a significant gap between the needs of those who experience the loss of a pregnancy and the supports available in workplaces

How to support workers who experience pregnancy loss. Analysis by @maritahennessy.bsky.social Tara Woulfe & @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How to support workers who experience pregnancy loss There is a significant gap between the needs of those who experience the loss of a pregnancy and the supports available in workplaces

📣 New on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

⁉️How to support workers who experience pregnancy loss

✍️ @maritahennessy.bsky.social, Tara Woulfe, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

🔗 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

#PLRG_PLACESproject @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social

Use of language in confidential enquiries and adverse event reviews in maternity care In most high-income countries, maternal deaths and severe complications could be prevented through the provision of high-quality care. Reviewing the care of women and gender-diverse people who die or ...

Use of language in confidential enquiries and adverse event reviews in maternity care

Allison Felker, Marian Knight, Beatrix Callard, Isabelle Malhamé

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

PLRG representatives attend Joint Committee on Health to discuss the National Maternity Strategy | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

🗞️ 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...

Current management and research priorities for second trimester pregnancy loss: a survey of healthcare professionals in the UK and Ireland (PASTeL-3) Second trimester pregnancy loss (STPL) is under-researched. There are no published national or international guidelines. Yet evidence suggests this ma…

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...

Flyer for the upcoming Bereavement Network Europe Webinar "Supporting workers who experience pregnancy loss: From research to policy and practice change" to be presented by Marita Hennessy PhD on Thursday, 12 February @ 4pm GMT. More information at https://bereavement.eu/membership/

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) There is confusion over the definitions, appropriate location for care, optimal therapeutic options and follow up needed following STPL. High quality research for STPL should be prioritised to develop...

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 New study, funded by Tommy’s, finds care for pregnancy loss in the second trimester varies across the UKCare, including medication, bereavement support and interventions during subsequent pregnancies ...

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

At what age should stillborns be legally recognised? | Newstalk Grief is tough under any circumstance, but losing a baby before they were born, and then having t...

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

OBGYN Mid-trimester pregnancy loss (MTL), defined as a pregnancy loss occurring between 14 + 0 and 21 + 6 weeks of gestation, causes significant physical and emotional distress to women and presents clinic...

🔔 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 Five reviews into the care of women and infants at Portiuncula University Hospital in Galway are still in progress and due to be completed by next March, it has been confirmed.

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

Cork City Council to examine early pregnancy loss policy The motion also called on the council to write to the leaders of all political parties in Dáil Éireann encouraging them to adopt a cross-party ...

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...

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🆕📄 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 and gestational trophoblastic disease | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

🗞️ 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

Calls for better public awareness of stillbirths A national pregnancy loss group is calling for better public awareness of stillbirths and research into reducing the number that occur in Ireland each year.

'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

Top half of image contains an image of the clip on the RTE Radio 1 website along with a QR code to access it and the # - #EndingPreventableBabyDeaths. Bottom half contains circular profile photos of Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Anne-Marie Farrell and Mairie Cregan, along with the PLRG and Féileacáin logos

🎙️ 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 JOGS 2025 | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

🗞️ 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

Screenshot of the title and abstract page of the paper, available at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.70621

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 Niamh Howard-Jones and Gráinne McSteen | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

🗞️ 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

Tile with information about where various pregnancy loss (ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage) information booklets, clinical guidelines and multi-lingual videos can be found - each resource is listed, along with a QR code to access it. Details of the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Ireland website at the end (https://pregnancyandinfantloss.ie/) along with logos of the following: National Women and Infants Health Programme, Health Service Executive and the Pregnancy Loss Research Group

🧰 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

Appraisal of hydatidiform mole incidence and registration rates in Ireland following the establishment of a National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Registry Aims This study aimed to re-evaluate the incidence of hydatidiform mole (HM) and determine gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) registration rates in Ireland following the establishment of the Nati...

📣 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 - Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) Introduction Twin pregnancies contribute disproportionately to neonatal morbidity and mortality, primarily due to preterm birth and very low birth weight (VLBW). While studies have yielded conflicting...

📄 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