Micheál Martin: Tensions between Children’s Hospital  board and BAM 'no secret' 

The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it would be seeking significantly more capital funding from the Government, which will likely push the final cost of the hospital to over €2.2bn.

Ongoing tensions between the board of the new National Children’s Hospital (NCH) and the developer BAM have been no secret, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said.

At Leaders’ Questions on Thursday afternoon, Mr Martin refuted he had ever given a date for the hospital opening, despite other Government ministers setting dates for opening, including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.