About Us
DoulaCare Academy is the brainchild of Mary Tighe and Jen Crawford. Mary and Jen are two of the most experienced doulas in Ireland and widely known and respected for the work that they do.
In 2017 they decided to join forces and bring their skills and knowledge together to create an all encompassing Doula Agency “DoulaCare Ireland”. While working as an agency from 2017-2024 we supported hundreds of families through pregnancy, birth and early parenting.
This gave us the vast amount of knowledge and skills to bring to our antenatal, parenting and professionals training courses.
We began our training courses in 2020 and in 2024 our full focus has moved to our Professional and Parent Courses. We are proudly the largest doula training organisation in Ireland. If you are looking for education, knowledge, experience, empathy and support you found the right place.
We are proud to work with and support a huge amount of small doula businesses and self employed women/people in the work that we do.
DoulaCare Academy strive to raise the professional standards of doula work in Ireland. You, the client, are at the core of everything we do.
DoulaCare have created many industry standards for the doula profession in Ireland. We were the first organisation in Ireland to acquire Garda Vetting for the doulas that train with us. We continue to be industry leaders, creating higher standards of care and professionalism for everyone.
DoulaCare Ireland
Doulas are still relatively new in Ireland. However, over the last few years as the evidence as to how beneficial doulas are has increased, more couples are looking to hire a doula. At the same time there has been a huge increase in the numbers of those training to be a doula. While this means there is now more choice, it can also mean that those hoping to hire a doula can find it quite a task to actually search for and then choose a doula. It can be a daunting prospect. Sometimes it can mean interviewing 3-4 different doulas to get a match that suits you.
Our organisation will streamline this process. With DoulaCare Ireland all doulas that offer support to clients are Independent Contractors and have been hand-picked by DoulaCare to ensure they fit with the ethos of our company.
All doulas we represent have a strict Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics which doulas are expected to strictly adhere to when offering support to clients through our organisation. This ensures that the doulas you will be working with are professional and do not act outside of their remit in their capacity with you.
