St James will delay maternity ward: board

A leading hospital has warned the St James’s-based national children’s hospital plan risks causing significant delays to a linked maternity facility meant to be built at the same time.

Temple St Hospital’s board of directors made the claim yesterday after holding an emergency meeting to discuss the hidden implications of the move.

Speaking after Tuesday’s confirmation by Health Minister James Reilly that the facility will be built at St James’s Hospital by 2017 or 2018, the Temple St board again hit out at the decision not to re-select its favoured Mater location.