Doctor to contest election

THE former head of Crumlin Hospital’s emergency department will contest the election opposing the Taoiseach’s preference to centralise paediatric care at the Mater Hospital.

Dr Roisín Healy plans to run on the issue of the new children’s hospital.

The controversial argument about plans for anational children’s hospital has already caused divide among the medical community, but the bitter debate will now be played out on voters’ doorsteps.