No comparison between National Children’s Hospital costs and stalled Cork event centre, Tánaiste insists

Absolutely no parallels should be drawn between the National Children’s Hospital costs controversy and the stalled Cork event centre project despite BAM’s involvement in both, the Tánaiste has insisted.

As Taoiseach Leo Varadkar accused contractors of “low-balling” to win state tenders, Simon Coveney defended BAM’s role in the event centre saga which has seen costs soar from €53m to almost €80m, and sanctioned state investment rise from €20m to €30m.