Review due of children’s hospital site

THE possibility of relocating the proposed new children’s hospital from Dublin city centre to a site off the M50 has been discussed by incoming Taoiseach Enda Kenny with those driving the development.

Mr Kenny and Fine Gael health spokesperson Dr James Reilly met with Eilish Hardiman, chair of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB), in November and enquired about the estimated cost of building the hospital off the motorway.

Mr Kenny pledged to review the project during the general election campaign and, yesterday, Dr Reilly said that the issue “has to be fully reviewed with all the facts on the table”.