The Department of Health has admitted that no minutes were taken at a recent meeting between the Health Minister and the chairman of the board overseeing the country’s largest infrastructural project, the new €1.7bn children’s hospital.

Sinn Féin health spokesperson Louise O’Reilly had asked if the meeting was minuted given the scale of the project.

Fred Barry said he was disappointed at the level of progress to date, but added the project can still be complete in three years' time.

The chair of the board tasked with overseeing the building of the new national children’s hospital will tell a committee tomorrow that contractor claims “have not had a material impact to date”

More than €1m has been paid to a communications company managing publicity for the National Children’s Hospital, it has emerged.

Further cost overruns during the development of the national children’s hospital are "highly likely", an Oireachtas committee has been told.

The Chair of the board overseeing the new National Children's Hospital is warning the project's costs could rise even further.

The building frame of the new National Children's Hospital is now under construction as controversy continues over the projected cost of the project.

The developers of the National Children’s Hospital have submitted claims for additional costs worth some €12m since February.

The senior civil servant on the board of the National Children's Hospital has told the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee that he did nothing wrong by not telling cabinet ministers about the cost overruns associated with the project.

The Government’s public representative on the children’s hospital board is set to attend a meeting with TDs today, a month after he didn’t appear at an earlier meeting.

The health minister has thanked the project director of the National Children’s Hospital Development Board (NCHDB) for the “significant role” he played in progressing the flagship project.

The impact on tens of thousands of patients of escalating unrest in the health service continues today with members of the public asked not to use out of hours GP services as hundreds of family doctors gather in Dublin for a protest.

So that’s nearly Tuesday wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney expects to appoint a new water commission chief by this weekend, as he goes to Brussels to stop the EU fining Ireland for suspending water charges.

The head of the National Roads Authority has expressed concern about part of the road network around the country.

Plans to include cycle-ways in upgrades to tourist routes along the west and south coasts could be in jeopardy following An Bord Pleanála’s rejection of a €65m development on the Dingle Peninsula.

The head of the National Roads Authority (NRA), the IFA, and a county manager have added their voices to the growing clamour about the need to pour money into repairing the country’s roads before they fall apart.

The national road network could deteriorate badly if cuts to road maintenance budgets are not reversed over the coming years, the head of the National Roads Authority has warned.

Members of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee have criticised two state agency executives who take fees for sitting on the board of the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA).

More than €93m will be paid out to public-private-partnerships which built and operate the country’s motorway network in 2013.

The National Roads Authority is expected to suffer a net loss of up to €6m from the operation of eight toll roads on the motorway network this year.

up to €100m has been set aside to improve accident blackspots on roads around the country this year.

THE country is running out of salt to treat icy roads and is competing with EU neighbours for emergency supplies from North Africa.

A 30-YEAR campaign to remove one of the country’s notorious traffic bottlenecks ended yesterday with the official opening of a €35 million bypass in Castleisland, Co Kerry.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) is rejecting proposals to allow taxis to use the Dublin Port tunnel for free.

The head of the National Roads Authority is due before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport later.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has withdrawn its objection to a €200 million office project in Cork which has the potential to create 1,500 jobs.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has sought help from local authority managers in a bid to rescue plans to provide serviced rest stops along the country’s emerging motorway network.

COUNCILLORS have reacted furiously to the NRA’s refusal to provide money to straighten a dangerous section of road in North Cork which has claimed the lives of 10 people in recent years.

Traffic congestion will ease for rush-hour motorists today when a new third land opens on the M50 motorway.

IRELAND’S improving road safety record has been recognised internationally as a major study has ranked the Republic as 10th out of 27 developed countries.

THE biggest freeze up in 47 years has brought much of rural Ireland to a standstill with many areas isolated due to snow and ice on secondary roads.

ONLY one section of road now remains to be completed before there is an entire motorway between Dublin and Cork.

CONCERN over the safety of the Dublin Port Tunnel was voiced by TDs yesterday, despite repeated reassurances by the National Roads Authority that it is one of the first tunnels in Europe to comply with EU safety directives.

Motorists are adjusting well to barrier free-tolling on the M50 but its major test will come during Monday morning's rush hour, it was warned today.

CLOSURES of Dublin’s Port Tunnel because of system failures were yesterday branded unacceptable and a waste of taxpayers’ money.

Closures of Dublin’s Port Tunnel because of system failures were today branded unacceptable and a waste of taxpayers’ money.

TDs and Senators will question the National Roads Authority (NRA) today about recent closures of the Port Tunnel.

MOTORISTS driving up and down from Dublin on the M1 can now tell exactly how long their journey will take — without having to consult a map or rely on past journeys.

ON May 17, Fred Barry, chief executive of the National Roads Authority (NRA), wrote in a national newspaper that he wished to provide a road that would improve the quality of life and safety of residents of counties Meath and Cavan.