Health Minister Dr James Reilly said today that he understands that people want some certainty about the future of the National Children's Hospital project.

City and county councils are biased in favour of granting planning permission to developments due to the revenues completed projects bring in, a new report concludes.

Donegal has the worst planning record in the country, An Taisce has claimed.

Health Minister James Reilly has announced the make-up of the review group to consider the decision of an Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the National Children's Hospital.

It is hoped that more than 200 construction jobs will be created in Dublin thanks to the re-development of Liberty Hall.

Tallaght hospital is more suitable to house the new national children's hospital now than it was when first considered years ago, according to a former Vice Chairman of the Board of the hospital.

The Health Minister has said he hopes to have a report from an expert group on the options for a new National Children's Hospital within weeks.

The Government has insisted it remains 100% committed to the long-awaited national children’s hospital as it ordered experts to explain why planners rejected the Mater site.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has promised a new national children's hospital will be built in the lifetime of the Government.

A group advocating the provision of a Children's Hospital at the Mater site in Dublin has said it is shocked the development will not go ahead.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has vowed that a new National Children's Hospital will be built despite An Bord Pleanála's rejection of planning permission for the Mater site in Dublin.

Plans for the new dedicated children’s hospital in Dublin have been refused, it has been confirmed.

An Bord Pleanala has given the go-ahead for the new Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) campus at Grangegorman in Dublin.

Health Minister Dr James Reilly has today agreed to an extension of the deadline for the receipt of the report of the Review Group on the National Paediatric Hospital.

Minister for Health Dr James Reilly said today that the Government will make a decision on the location of the new National Children's Hospital in a matter of weeks.

Co-location must remain the top priority in deciding the site for the new National Children's Hospital, according to one of the country's top consultant cardiologists.

It is understood that Dublin's Mater Hospital site could once again be the preferred location for the National Children's Hospital, after the religious order which owns the hospital put forward a new proposal.

The Cabinet will today consider the implications of An Bord Pleanala's decision to reject planning permission for the new National Children's Hospital.

There are calls for Chinese to be taught at Leaving Cert level in Ireland after yesterday's green light for the Euro-Chinese trading hub in Co Westmeath.

An Taisce, the National Trust, has expressed its concern at the granting of planning permission for the first phase of the Euro Chinese Trading Hub in Co. Westmeath.