Plans announced for Holles St maternity hospital

The Health Minister James Reilly has announced that the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street in central Dublin, will be moved to the site of the Elm Park development beside St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4.

The country’s biggest maternity hospital is to relocate to a new campus at a cost of €150m, the Government has confirmed.

The Holles Street national maternity hospital (NMH) in Dublin will be moved to St Vincent’s on the south side and will provide care for up to 10,000 births a year.