Construction work on the long-delayed new national children’s hospital will finally start early next year — provided the project overcomes an expected An Bord Pleanála grilling this autumn.

The head of the Children's Hospital Group has said that she is confident the National Paediatric Hospital will open its doors in 2018.

The head of the Children’s Hospital Group said she is confident the National Paediatric Hospital will open its doors in 2018.

The interim board of Tallaght Hospital has accepted the findings of the HIQA investigation into the quality, safety and governance of care given to adults requiring acute admission at the hospital.