Costs 'spiralling' as Children's Hospital hit by delays Construction of the new Children's Hospital has been delayed again and it may not open until 2024. Ireland • 09 Feb
Cost of children's hospital could jump by €50m The Chairman of the board of the National Children's Hospital has told a Dáil committee that construction of the hospital has been delayed by a ... Ireland • 05 Dec 19
Fire safety systems for Children's Hospital car park Fire detection and suppressant measures will be in place in an underground car park at the new National Children's Hospital, Children's Health Ireland has said. Health • 04 Sep 19
PwC accused of 'gross conflict of interest' over review Consultancy firm PwC has been accused of a "gross conflict of interest" for advising the HSE about the National Children's Hospital, two months before it ... Politics • 18 Apr 19
Claims cost of children's hospital could be over €2bn The final cost of the new national children's hospital could exceed €2 billion, the Public Accounts Committee has heard. Politics • 31 Jan 19
Govt will not entertain talk of pausing hospital build The Minister for Health has told the Oireachtas Health Committee that he will not entertain any talk of pausing the new National Children's Hospital, or ... Health • 29 Jan 19
BAM Ireland builds up turnover increase of 29% Construction company BAM Ireland said its turnover for last year rose by 29% on the back of strong activity in the country's improving construction sector. Business • 16 Nov 18
Court action settled over baby's incorrect genetic test A mother who gave birth to a baby with profound disabilities after she was wrongly told a genetic test was clear has settled her action ... News • 20 Jun 18
Taoiseach favours 'simple' name for children's hospital The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that he thinks the name of the new children's hospital should be a simple one like 'The National Children's ... Politics • 13 Dec 17
Govt will not oppose bill on mandatory retirement The Government has decided not to oppose a bill to end mandatory retirement ages saying it wanted to support measures aimed at facilitating fuller working ... News • 24 Feb 17
Board of new children's hospital to explain costs The Public Accounts Committee is to invite the board of the new children's hospital to appear before it to explain the escalating costs involved in ... News • 16 Feb 17
Rise in cost of new children's hospital examined The Department of Health has said it is updating the cost of building the new National Children's Hospital due to increases in construction costs. News • 23 May 16
Children's hospital planning decision delayed A decision on planning permission for the new National Children's Hospital has been delayed, RTÉ News has learned. News • 11 Feb 16
Opposition to children's hospital site planned Residents groups in Dublin's south city have said they are going to object to a planning application for the new National Children's Hospital to be ... News • 21 Jul 15
Children's hospital to take patients in 2019 The development board for the new National Children's Hospital has said the hospital will take its first patients by the second quarter of 2019. News • 24 Sep 14
St James's site 'best' for new children's hospital The CEO of the Children's Hospital Group has said locating the new national children's hospital at St James's Hospital is the best outcome for children ... News • 02 Jul 14
Hospital planning to be submitted in autumn An application for planning permission for the new National Children's Hospital is to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála this autumn. News • 13 Feb 14
Children's Hospital to be located at St James's St James's Hospital in south Dublin has been announced as the location for the new National Children's Hospital. News • 07 Nov 12
€70m 'written off' if Mater site is rejected The Mater Hospital has said that over €70 million in public money will have to be written off if the new National Children's Hospital is ... News • 01 Nov 12
Report favours St James's for Children's Hospital The unpublished report into the location for the new National Children's Hospital says that St James's Hospital in Dublin best meets the criteria to be ... News • 30 Oct 12
Children's Hospital decision due in next fortnight Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said a decision on the location of the National Children's Hospital will be made in the next two weeks. News • 24 Oct 12
Digging not debate needed on hospital - Drumm Former head of the Health Service Executive Brendan Drumm said a decision must be made on the site of the National Children's Hospital, or he ... News • 14 Sep 12
Coombe bids for children's hospital The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital has made a bid to build a new national children's hospital claiming that it offers the biggest and ... News • 28 May 12
St James's is 'best match' for hospital site The board of Crumlin Children's Hospital believes that developing the new national children's hospital on the campus of St James's Hospital represents the best option ... News • 30 Apr 12
