We'll get a hospital eventually. How it was delivered will come back to haunt Simon Harris

An infamously late and grossly over-budget children's hospital is better than no hospital. Yeah, we get it. But questions about how it was delivered so badly are going to hang over all concerned

A €1.6bn overrun on a hospital that will open years later than projected. Lessons will be learned, of course. There will be deep introspection. Picture: PA

A €1.6bn overrun on a hospital that won’t open on time — we all know the joke, we just keep changing the punchline.

At this point, the National Children’s Hospital is not just a potentially world-class medical facility, it’s the longest-running joke in Irish history. Except, it isn’t that funny, is it?