Leo Varadkar dreams of naming children’s hospital ‘Starship’

Starship would be the Taoiseach’s “favourite” name for the new National Children’s Hospital.

Leo Varadkar has also suggested that a name as Gaeilge should be chosen to make it unique, while others in the Dáil proposed calling it after political figures such as WT Cosgrave or Kathleen Lynn.

Mr Varadkar said that Health Minister Simon Harris is now of the view that the “Phoenix Children’s Health” title will not be used as it is already the name of a hospital in the US. This name had initially been chosen after 300 suggestions were put forward during a consultation process.