Mothers are having to give birth in corridors due to overcrowding in Dublin's maternity hospitals, it has been claimed.
Campaigners say the pressures on hospitals are so great that some women never make it to the delivery rooms.
The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) said there is evidence that corridor births are taking place. It is calling for a greater emphasis on midwife-led births to reduce the number of hospital visits by mothers with "low-risk" pregnancies.
"Corridor births will happen from time to time, usually when labour goes very quickly and when there is very intense pressure on the hospitals" said AIMS spokeswoman Krytsia Lynch.
By Andrew Phelan © Herald.ie 2008
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