Latest: Call to halt works at National Children's Hospital site as contractor offers to 'opt out'

The company contracted to build the National Children's Hospital has offered to opt out of the contract if the hospital board wishes for it to re-tender for it.

Update 5.34pm: The firm behind the construction of the new National Children’s Hospital has said it would “opt out” of the contract if the board wanted to retender the controversial project.

In a statement, Kildare firm BAM also said “it did not benefit inappropriately from the tender process” and that much of the commentary was based on “incomplete and inaccurate information”.