‘It’s been a privilege to serve the families of Mullingar’
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Des Cawley, Marie Corbett and Catherine Tormey.Image 2 of 10
Dr Maire Skelly, Eileen Earley, Marie Corbett, Marion Dillon,Ann Maguire and Nicola Hill.Image 3 of 10
Maureen Revilles, Marie Corbett and Katherine Kenny.Image 4 of 10
Breda Ward and Marie Corbett.Image 5 of 10
Marie Corbett with Rosanna Leonard.Image 6 of 10
Marie Corbett with Carol Cantwell.Image 7 of 10
Fr Phil Gaffney, Marie Corbett and Rev Alastair Graham.Image 8 of 10
Marie Corett with some of the midwives that she has worked with over the years.Image 9 of 10
Marie Corbett with nurse Jessica Spendlow.Image 10 of 10
Marie with friends that worked with her. Jessica Spendlow,Caroline Earley, Jenny Buckley and Emma Lally.The curtain recently came down on a 42 year long career in midwifery with the retirement of Marie Corbett, Director of Midwifery at Mullingar Regional Hospital.
Marie has spent the last 37 years working within the maternity services in Mullingar where she has been the Director of Midwifery since 2018. Previously she spent the start of her career in St Vincent’s Hospital and The Coombe Hospital, Dublin. She has seen many changes and improvements in the maternity service in Mullingar within her time there and was privileged to be part of the progression.
“Midwifery is a unique profession where you are privileged to be sharing the most intimate, vulnerable and most happy time in a woman’s life. I have loved my career both at the coal-face and through management, and that is what strikes me most when reflecting on the unit I am leaving now - the culture of openness, willingness to embrace change and the willingness of all the staff to bring change into our daily practice”.
"It’s been a privilege to serve the women and families of Mullingar and the surrounding areas for so many years. I will miss the amazing staff", Marie told the Westmeath Examiner.
Formerly Marie Hanlon from Rochfortbridge, she and her husband Pat live in Dysart. They have three children, Gillian and Avril who are living in Dublin and Dysart respectively and Andrew who is currently working in Australia.