Chair of group selecting site for hospital quits

THE chair of a group tasked with selecting a site for a new national children’s hospital has resigned because of a conflict of interest.

Also, the decision on a location for the new hospital, due last week, has been deferred for six weeks.

Yesterday, the Health Service Executive (HSE) announced that John O’Brien, chair of the group appointed to select the site, had stepped down, and will be replaced by Laverne McGuinness, National Director of Shared Services.