Midwife Philomena Canning, who championed the rights of pregnant women to choose to give birth at home and in non-medical settings, has died. Ms Canning, who had been involved in a long-running legal dispute with the Health Service Executive (HSE), died at St Vincent’s Private hospital on Friday. “We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our beloved midwife and MfC founder Philomena Canning, who died peacefully in St Vincent’s Private Hospital last night after difficult illness,” it said in a tweet. Ms Canning’s requiem Mass takes place on Monday at 10am in St Mary’s, Star of the Sea, Sandymount, Dublin. Her funeral Mass will take place on Tuesday at 11am at St Mary’s, Star of the Sea, Glenvar, Co Donegal.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2019 13:26 UTC