Why Mater site is best for new Children’s Hospital

We write to you as a group of hospital consultants working in close collaboration across the Mater, Temple St, and Rotunda Hospitals, on the pressing national issue regarding where to locate the long and urgently awaited new Children’s Hospital.

We want your readers to understand the reasons behind our long-held view that the Mater site will deliver one of the best children’s hospitals in the world and a whole new standard of care for the sick children of Ireland.

Firstly, we believe that tri-location (delivering true adjacency between an adult, children’s, and maternity hospital on the same site) will provide the best and safest care for mothers, children, and babies of Ireland and that no other option should be considered.