Government 'ignoring' facts on new maternity hospital, former master warns

Former master at the National Maternity Hospital Dr Peter Boylan. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

The Government is "ignoring" the facts on ownership plans for a new national maternity hospital, a former master at the hospital has warned.

Senior politicians including Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and health minister Stephen Donnelly this weekend insisted that the hospital will be built, but delays since a 2013 announcement of the plan have frustrated those working in women's healthcare.