Hospital co-location - Conscience or convenience, Mr Martin?

Plans for the co-location hospital in Cork raise many issues. The strongest local objections are from a purely planning perspective.

Whether co-location — which would provide a new private hospital alongside Cork University Hospital (CUH) to free up private beds — is a good or a bad idea is not the issue with 98% of the objectors. They are more concerned about local traffic congestion.

Minister for Trade and Enterprise Micheál Martin has described as “unsustainable” the announced plans for the new €250m co-location hospital.