WaterWipes announces 2022 Ireland Pure Foundation Fund winner

This year’s Ireland winner is senior midwife Mairead Martin from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, who having worked as a midwife for 32 years was nominated for the outstanding care she has given to women and families across Drogheda.

Mairead will be donating her €10,000 prize money to fund a resumption of water births, in appropriate circumstances, in the labour ward at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. She also plans to help fund essential training for midwives to enhance the quality and scope of the care that they already give to women attending for the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal continuum.

WaterWipes encouraged parents and healthcare professionals to nominate individuals who played crucial roles in pregnancy, birth and postnatal care and made a difference in the lives of parents and babies. Over 360 nominations were received for this year’s Pure Foundation Fund across the UK and Ireland. The Irish winner was selected by a panel including representatives from WaterWipes and charity partners Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance.