The Coombe Hospital in Dublin is to take over the running of maternity services at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.
A memorandum of understanding between the hospitals was signed in Dublin this morning.
It comes days after a draft HIQA report into the deaths of five babies at Portlaoise was highly critical of the hospital and senior management in the HSE.
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Health Minister Leo Varadkar is welcoming the move:
