Dr. Matthew Boylan, of Stony Brook, joined the group as an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon. He was previously a fellow at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr Boylan is the chairman of the institute and has also been a leading campaigner for the Yes vote. He has repeatedly said that the 80 per cent of institute members back repeal.

Six months after opening, the new Ayer Neuroscience Institute Spine Wellness Center in Westport welcomed its first female Hartford HealthCare neurosurgeon. Dr. Arianne Boylan joined the center ...

Dr Boylan was appointed Master of the hospital in 1991 and brought relief to thousands of women when, almost overnight, he liberalised the hospital policy towards epidurals.

Dr Boylan had initiated the exchange with a text message to both Mr Kearns and current master, Dr Rhona Mahony, who is Dr Boylan's sister-in-law, in which he urged them to "sit down and talk".

Dr Boylan told host Pat Kenny that the "vote was overwhelmingly" in favour of the move to St Vincent's at the meeting. He said he is grateful that there was no motion calling for him to resign ...

Dr Boylan added that while Ms Halappanavar was sick enough to justify legal terminiation in this country by Wednesday morning, he did not believe a termination at this stage would have saved her life.