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niamhhj.bsky.social
@niamhhj.bsky.social
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Clinical Midwife Specialist Bereavement & Loss
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🎙️ 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
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
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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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/...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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🗞️ 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...
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🗞 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
PLRG @ the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting 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.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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📖 Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss

✍️ @bethmalory.bsky.social

🔓 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss
Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss
www.cambridge.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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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...
Niamh Howard-Jones appointed Candidate Advanced Midwife Practitioner - Early Pregnancy Loss/Miscarriage Services at CUMH | 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.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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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
pregnancylossie.bsky.social Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · Oct 14
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
Tile with details of PLRG presentations (1 short oral presentation, 9 poster presentations) at the AEPU 2025 Conference. QR code to PLRG Website. Profile photos of Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan & Niamh Howard-Jones who are attending the conference.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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🎙️ 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
The role of a workplace in dealing with pregnancy loss
University College Cork has become the first Irish university to introduce paid leave to employees who have experienced pregnancy loss. It follows extensive work carried out by the university’s Pregn...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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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...

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Miscarriage care in Scotland: delivery framework
The Delivery Framework for Miscarriage Care in Scotland outlines a plan for introducing a graded model of miscarriage care. The Framework sets out 34 actions to help NHS Boards prioritise change local...
www.gov.scot
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Compassion matters when supporting pregnancy loss

www.corkindependent.com/2025/10/15/c...

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#PLRG_PLACESproject
Compassion matters when supporting pregnancy loss | Cork Independent
It’s a subject rarely spoken about at work — yet one that affects many people.
www.corkindependent.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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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
Tile with details of PLRG presentations (1 short oral presentation, 9 poster presentations) at the AEPU 2025 Conference. QR code to PLRG Website. Profile photos of Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan & Niamh Howard-Jones who are attending the conference.
October 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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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...
New national resources launched to create more compassionate workplaces for people who experience pregnancy loss | 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.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Tonight in City Hall, Cork we published "Words at Work"

Each text in the book is a direct quotation from a person with experience of pregnancy loss who participated in the PLACES Project
www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social #PLRG_WordsAtWork
Abstract image of two black pencil-drawn circles on white background with black text Words at Work: Experiences of pregnancy loss in the workplace {up to 23 weeks}
October 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Fertility clinics must end unproven treatments that don't help couples have babies

www.nice.org.uk/news/article...
Fertility clinics must end unproven treatments that don't help couples have babies
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September 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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💻 AEPU Bitesize Learning

🧑‍🏫 Clinical cases: Tubal ectopics that make you think

🗣️ Jessica Farren & Joel Naftalin

📆 Thursday 11th September 2025

🕖 7pm - 7:45pm (UK time)

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Registration
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September 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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📣 Today is the Inaugural World Trophoblastic Disease Day

💜 National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Centre, CUMH: gtd-cumh.irelandsouthwid.ie

💜 Our research (including #PLRG_CODINGproject): www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@carolinemjoyce.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

#GTD #EOTTD #ISSTD
Flyer about World Trophoblastic Disease Day, why it matters and who it is supported by
September 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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🗞️ Congratulations to Prof @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, one of five new Ordinary Councillors elected to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) Council 👏

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social
Professor Keelin O’Donoghue elected to Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Council | 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.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Researchers from the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh are looking into the use of progesterone for early pregnancy bleeding in Scotland

www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24539/
New study investigates miscarriage prevention guidance
Researchers from the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh are looking into the use of progesterone for early pregnancy bleeding in Scotland.
www.abdn.ac.uk
July 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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🗞️ New model of care for recurrent miscarriage proposed which would see people receive appropriate care & support following their first miscarriage

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social @oireachtasnews.bsky.social

#ReCurrentStudy
New model of care for recurrent miscarriage proposed which would see people receive appropriate care and support following their first miscarriage | 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.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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‘It’s a double grief’: Teachers talk of difficulties in standing before a class after a miscarriage

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

@astiunion.bsky.social #ASTI25

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‘It’s a double grief’: Teachers talk of difficulties in standing before a class after a miscarriage
ASTI conference backs calls for introduction of paid leave for those who have a miscarriage or are undergoing IVF treatment
www.irishtimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🆕📄 Mapping perinatal #BereavementCare education & training for maternity staff (in Ireland)

✍️ @maritahennessy.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

🔗 imj.ie/wp-content/u...

@infantcentreucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social

#PregnancyLoss #PerinatalDeath
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April 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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'The care people receive after a miscarriage can have a significant impact'

- @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social speaking with Deirdre McArdle @ EchoLive

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#ReCurrentStudy

www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416...
'The care people receive after a miscarriage can have a significant impact'
In a recent survey of women who experienced recurrent miscarriage, almost one in four people described their overall care as poor. DEIRDRE MCARDLE ...
www.echolive.ie
April 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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April 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🗞️ 5️⃣th TEARDROP Workshop held at Cork University Maternity Hospital

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @lauralinehan.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social @danielnuzum.bsky.social @caroline-oconnor.bsky.social @emilyoconnor.bsky.social @b-sull.bsky.social

#PLRG_TEARDROP
Fifth TEARDROP Workshop held at CUMH | 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.
www.ucc.ie
February 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Today we welcome almost 50 people from across the country to our #PLRG_TEARDROP Workshop

#PerinatalLoss #PerinatalDeath #BereavementCare #HealthProfessionals #MaternityCare

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
Professor Keelin O'Donoghue welcoming everyone to the TEARDROP Workshop at Cork University Maternity Hospital. Keelin is standing in a classroom facing a group of people
February 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM