Construction has begun on facility to accommodate families of patients at the new hospital
National Children's Hospital
Why the children’s hospital in Crumlin should not be decommissioned
Ireland needs to invest massively – in housing, infrastructure, public transport, climate change. But as the public finances tighten this will require better delivery and tough decisions
The problem isn’t the overrun - it is that the cost was grossly underestimated and all the information the market needed to squeeze the Government was made public
Public numbed to escalating costs of decades-long saga from which Coalition will glean little credit
Cost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleagues
Facility to be among the most expensive of its kind worldwide, when Switzerland has built larger hospital in Berne for €700m
Varadkar says Government will not be putting any more funding towards the project with €2.2bn being its ‘maximum allocation’
Coroner records open verdict on 22-month-old boy found unresponsive in less than 10cm of water
Minister for Health also suggested ‘supplementary budget’ could be needed by the health service this year
Department said chairperson’s time commitment had almost trebled
What is it about the Irish State that causes massive delays and overspends on nearly every big project?
Children from the North account for up to 20 per cent of heart interventions performed in Crumlin’s children’s hospital in Dublin
Minister for Health says current handover date of October 2024 is being reviewed
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