‘Important to get it right’

A group that had always argued against the geogra- phically constrained Mater site welcomed the decision by Bord Pleanála.

The New Children’s Hospital Alliance, a group of health professionals, parents and other interested persons, also argued that traffic in the area would create major access problems.

Alliance member Dr Finn Breathnach, a retired paediatric consultant oncologist, said they were disappointed that their concerns about the “woefully inadequate” Mater site had not been addressed by the project development board.