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.

Arguments for and against the St James’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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