Hospital cost may hit €2bn - Project an example of toxic culture

The kind of disdain for the idea of public service, the deep cynicism fuelled by what can only be described as the slapdash, make-it-up-as-we-go-along mismanagement of the National Children’s Hospital project has become a toxic force undermining any remaining public faith in how these vital projects are delivered.

Apart from our terribly poor response to the housing crisis, the children’s hospital fiasco has stretched the relationship between citizen and government more than nearly any other project undertaken by this State.