Children’s hospital would be ‘world class’

A NEW national children’s hospital to be built on the site of the existing Mater Hospital in Dublin will provide “a world-class medical facility”, a public inquiry heard yesterday.

An Bord Pleanála has begun a hearing into the application by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) on behalf of the HSE for planning permission to construct the facility.

Michael O’Donnell, barrister for the NPHDB, acknowledged that people had objected to plans for the hospital on a wide variety of grounds, including claims that it is in the wrong location and would be difficult to access.