Arguments for and against the St James’s site

Some 19 years after a national children’s hospital was first mooted, and three years after the first deadline to build it was missed, St James’s has become the project’s site.

Wed, 07 Nov, 2012 - 00:00
Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

But what are the main arguments for and against it?

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