Mater alternatives ‘to get rid of boom-era land’

A key member of a team tasked with developing the new National Children’s Hospital has claimed some alternative sites to the Mater are only being put forward simply to get rid of costly Celtic Tiger-era land.

Norah Casey, a member of the National Paediatric Hospital development board, made the comment at the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s annual delegates conference yesterday.

The Mater location is being reviewed in light of An Bord Pleanála’s rejection of the structure.