Taoiseach rules out compulsory purchase of new maternity hospital site

A general view of St Vincent’s University Hospital in south Dublin (PA)

The Taoiseach has ruled out using a compulsory purchase order to acquire the site of the new National Maternity Hospital.

Micheál Martin said such a process to take ownership of the land earmarked for the facility at the St Vincent’s Hospital site could take up to six years.