
She says a resolution could be found quite quickly if the stakeholders entered into mediation.
A midlands woman is offering her mediation services to help resolve the National Maternity Hospital dispute.
Margaret Considine from Portarlington is President of the Mediators' Institute of Ireland.
She's doubting the usefulness of making this highly-charged issue a winner-takes-all contest between the State and the St. Vincent's Hospital Group.
She says a solution, accepted by all, could well be achieved through committed and sincere mediation: