New children's hospital will be 'world-class', says development board

An Bord Pleanála has heard that the planned new children's hospital at the site of the existing Mater Hospital in Dublin will provide a "world-class medical facility".

The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board - which is applying for permission on behalf of the HSE - has told a public oral hearing on the facility that the hospital would be 16 storeys high at its peak - and would consist of an Emergency Department, 392 beds, 53 day care beds, therapy areas and a hospital school.