New 'combined entity' paediatric hospital proposal on table

A fresh proposal for the National Paediatric Hospital claims it could complete the facility by the second half of 2016, at an overall cost of €420m.

The joint plan by Connolly Hospital, the Royal College of Surgeons and Beaumont Hospital purports to be the most cost-effective and efficient of many rival proposals, including those by the Mater Hospital, Coombe Hospital and the Phoenix Park Racecourse.