Almost 1,200 babies born in local hospital in ’25

There were zero perinatal deaths reported at Cavan General in 2025, according to new figures released by the HSE.

A total of 1,183 babies - weighing 400g or more or at 23 weeks’ gestation - were delivered at the local hospital facility serving Cavan and Monaghan in 2025, with 20 multiple pregnancies for the entire year.

Over the course of the year, only two mothers required transfer for specialist care; while nine were transferred to other centres, indicating that complex cases continue to be managed appropriately within regional care pathways.

Serious but rare complications include eclampsia, uterine rupture, peripartum hysterectomy and pulmonary embolism.

Delivery trends

A glance at the December figures show some interesing statistics.

Among first-time mothers, the assisted delivery rate was 24.24%, in line with the yearly average.

Induction of labour continued to feature prominently in December, with 44.82% of mothers undergoing induction compared to a year-to-date rate of 38.8%.

Induction rates were notably higher among first-time mothers at 54.54% in December, compared with 49.2% for the year overall.

For those women who had previously given birth, 38.88% were induced in December, above the annual average of 32.8%.

Caesarean section rates in December meanwhile stood at 41.37%, slightly below the cumulative annual rate of 43%.

However, among first-time mothers, the December Caesarean rate rose to 51.51%, compared to a year-to-date average of 45.4%.