National Maternity Hospital

Stephen Collins: Coherent messaging from Coalition is vital as it faces hard decisions

Minister plays down suggestions the Government had been weakened

Two green TDs lost whip for six months after voting with Sinn Féin on NMH motion

Tánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs and Senators that NMH paused helped to reassure people

Neither Hourigan nor Costello in favour of Coalition that was formed in summer 2020

Having a balanced view on the issues is not tolerated in this toxic environment

‘Height of hypocricy’ for Government not to oppose motion as it ‘rammed through a Cabinet decision’

Attorney General’s verdict on legal documents assuages lingering Cabinet concerns

Fianna Fáil and the Department of Health asked social media firm to investigate mass retweeting

Deal unchanged following intense debate over ownership and ethos of new hospital

‘This is the wrong decision,’ Sinn Féin say as National Maternity Hospital relocation approved

Agreement unchanged after intense debate over ownership and ethos of new hospital

Case for pushing forward now on basis of current agreement questioned by Hourigan

Kieran Mulvey says contentious wording not in original 2017 deal

James Menton tells committee two owners would make it difficult to manage campus

Cabinet approval for deal could be granted conditionally on Tuesday, senior source says

Language in new hospital documents subject to recent scrutiny over potential influence of Church

Opponents of current plan continue to raise concerns of possible external interference

CPO would end co-operation on National Maternity Hospital, Minister warns

Tánaiste says CPO of site could cost tens of millions extra and lead to further delay

Minister considering options including clarification of ‘clinically appropriate’, says source

‘Clinically appropriate’ treatment stipulation gives hospital more space, clinicians say

‘It is ownership,’ said the Taoiseach following questions from Mary Lou McDonald

Government on the defensive in a polarising and volatile situation

Ongoing saga of the new National Maternity Hospital has a rather convoluted plot

State would be better served by owning land hospital is built on, letter to committee says

Prof Deirdre Madden and Dr Sarah McLoughlin dissent from HSE decision

‘The Sisters of Charity have left healthcare in Ireland,’ says Fergus Finlay

Green Party deputy leader to await second Government memo before deciding if concerns around maternity hospital have been addressed

Minister for Social Protection was one of the Ministers who expressed concern with plan

Concerns remain over secrecy involved and use of offshore entities in new structures at St Vincent’s

‘The new maternity hospital should be 100% separate from any religious order’

In the News podcast: Why is the process of relocating the new hospital so complex?

Demonstration takes place outside hospital over move to religious order’s Dublin 4 site

Green Party leader says legal structures show there will not be religious interference

Inside Politics: Approval delayed to allow for debate but no legal changes contemplated

Senior legal source says canon law not relevant to the relocation of hospital

Long-mooted relocation has faced fresh upheaval this week amid Cabinet delay

Martin says ‘conspiracy theories’ flying about proposed move from Holles Street to Elm Park

Donnelly says new hospital will be fully operationally and clinically independent