Hospital fears were raised months ago

Fears now being expressed by An Taisce — that a new national children’s hospital will not be co-located with a maternity hospital — were first raised months ago by independent paediatric specialists.

Ireland’s national trust is concerned that the country was “sleepwalking” into a situation where the new children’s hospital will not be co-located with a maternity hospital.

It said the apparent failure to co-locate the new children’s hospital with a maternity hospital, or to coherently plan for it, sent alarm bells ringing.