All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2026
Tuesday 14 April 2026 | The Crowne Plaza (Blanchardstown), Dublin
SPEAKERS
Caroline Gourley
President, The Irish Nurses and Midwives
Ann McCormick
Chair of Section, The Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation
Angela Dunne
National Midwifery Strategy, HSE
Sally Ashton-May MBE
Executive Officer, Birthrate Plus
Dr Karn Cliffe
Director of Professional Standards – Midwifery, NMBI
Khayla Timothy
Midwife/PhD Student, Researcher, Sligo University Hospital
Daniela Drandić
Head of Advocacy and Communications, ICM
Professor Jane Salvage
Author of The Midwives’ Gospel: the forgotten women at the birth of Jesus
Neil Stewart
Editorial Director, Maternity and Midwifery Forum
Dr Maeve O’Connell
Lecturer in Midwifery, University College Cork
Dr Amanda Hutcherson
Midwifery lecturer and founder of Knitting Creative
Tony Fitzpatrick
Director of Professional Services, The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
Corah Gernon
Podcaster Irish Birth Stories, Midwife
Steve Pitman
Head of Education and Professional Development, INMO
Margaret Dunlea,
Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
