actually, Molly, I'm also on an Irish site, Rollercoaster.ie and some of the girls due in April there got notification that the Merrion Wing in Holles St is going to close for refurbishment for a few weeks in March/April. So probably not the best time for an April mum-to-be. They should be finished by the time I get there, unless I go as early as I did on ds3 ( 32 weeks!)
smcg the Rotunda got the highest satisfaction rate of all the Dublin Maternity hospitals last year! Having said that, they have had to put some antenatal patients into hotel rooms as they had no space for them in the hospital itself. Women who needed daily tests but didn't need to be kept in.
Funny, I went to Holles St because my Mum had most of her babies there, though not me! I'm going back for this baby because I really trust my consultant but have to say, when I was hospitalised beforehand the antenatal ward was like a war-zone! At one point, I was bleeding heavily and had to shout for attention because I was ignored when I rang the bell. The attending nurse shouted at the woman she thought had rung the bell "I told you, I'm getting you that injection!" I was utterly horrified!