Sir – Critics of the location of the National Children's Hospital at St James's have thrown up numerous objections to this siting – the most recent, reiterated in The Irish Times on June 8th, refers to the site as having "poor traffic links".
Any reasonable assessment of the traffic links to James’s Hospital does not substantiate this. For example:
The N7, serving the south and Midlands of the country terminates at Inchicore, five minutes from James’s.
The N4, serving the Midlands and the west of the country, terminates at Kilmainham, again five minutes from James’s.
Mainline rail services serving Waterford, Cork, Galway and points in between terminate at Heuston Station, also five minutes from James’s.
A myriad of bus services pass along the front gate of James’s; the Luas light rail actually goes through the James’s campus.
Travel links such as these will ensure that the National Children’s Hospital will be accessible to all children, families and other visitors regardless of where they live. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL
CONAGHAN TD,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2