National Maternity Hospital to be extended despite plans for relocation

The National Maternity Hospital is building a multimillion-euro extension, despite preparations to move it to a new location. The new hospital, to be built on the St Vincent’s Hospital campus, will not be ready until late 2024, at the earliest.

Just six months ago, the target opening date was 2023 and that was already years behind schedule. In the meantime, hospital management have activated plans, for which they received permission in 2017, to expand the labour and delivery unit at the current Holles St site.