Plans for hospital at Mater site could be resurrected

Plans to locate the proposed national children’s hospital at the Mater site in Dublin city centre could be resurrected after management at three hospitals in the area said they were puttingtogether a fresh proposal.

The Mater site, decided upon following a comprehensive consultation process and backed by the previous government, was turned down by An Bord Pleanála in February, plunging the project into doubt.

The planning authority turned down the proposal on a number of grounds, but primarily because the 74m/16 storey-high building would not have been in keeping with the existing buildings in the area.