Call to review location of children’s hospital

THE former head of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has backed the new Government’s plans to re-examine whether the facility should be built at the Mater site.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, the group’s ex-chairman Philip Lynch said the planned move needed to take place because of what he claimed are serious planning, financial and logistical issues at the location.

The businessman quit his post last October after a public row with then Health Minister Mary Harney, which occurred after Mr Lynch met the Crumlin Hospital foundation.