Dublin is far too big for its boots and sucking the life out of rest of Ireland

The National Children’s Hospital should be renamed the Dublin Children’s Hospital as it should not be sited in a city centre location if it’s to cater for all the country..

Take, for example, the mother from Donegal who had to bring a sick child weekly to the Mater Hospital.

She drives from Donegal to the outskirts of Dublin, from whence she got a taxi to the Mater, at a cost of €20. Apart from the difficulty of transferring her child, she then faces a return journey of the same cost and difficulty.