Maternity hospital ‘looking at other sites’

The war of words in the National Maternity Hospital row grew more entrenched over the weekend, as both sides accused the other of peddling mistruths.

It also emerged that the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) has begun examining alternative sites to the St Vincent’s Hospital Group site in Ballsbridge including the Beacon Hospital, Cherrywood, and Merrion Rd.

The group’s chairman, James Menton, informed the Department of Health it would continue its dealings on the proposed development with the department, but would not meet with the joint project committee, describing it as “futile and pointless”.