No final work programme for Children's Hospital as tensions mount

The new National Children's Hospital site in James Street and Rialto.

The developer of the National Children's Hospital cannot provide a final work programme because it claims parts of the building have yet to be fully designed.

With less than a year to go before the €2bn hospital is due to be handed over, it is understood BAM is claiming it is impossible to come up with a final programme or completion date because it is still awaiting design details for the facility.