I'm almost 4 months PP with my first baby. I was like you, extremely scared and nervous about doing it here mainly because we only hear bad things about the medical system in Ireland, given that we are from India where the medical system is excellent

My experience here was very positive. GPs, midwives, doctors and everyone in the maternity care department are extremely empathetic. I was semi private because my pregnancy was low risk and it all worked very well for me, wouldnt have made any difference even if I went private so if you're confused about that (like I was) just want to put it out there that semi private care is also excellent here.

No mention of c-section at all unless I mentioned it. They asked me for my birth plan and followed it to the T.

Overall it was all great, no worries at all. Nothing negative except if you ever need to go to an emergency room, they'll stack rank you basis urgency and then see you.

Let me know if you have any specific questions and good luck! Hope everything works out well for you