Fears now being expressed by An Taisce — that a new national children’s hospital will not be co-located with a maternity hospital — were first raised months ago by independent paediatric specialists.

AN update on the design of the new national children’s hospital at the controversial Mater Hospital site in Dublin will be given today by those charged with its development.

THE head of the controversial National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, Philip Lynch, has resigned his position.

PROMINENT medical practitioners who specialise in paediatrics have come out against the building of the new national children’s hospital in the middle of Dublin, saying it is not in the best interests of children.