The Rotunda is delivering thousands more babies than other hospitals, as plans for its redevelopment have stalled. Meanwhile, across the river in Dublin 4, millions have already been spent on relocating the National Maternity Hospital
Proceedings have been entered into fast-track commercial court
Minister for Health discusses private maternity care, consultants’ contract and the new national children’s hospital
Social media encourages a kind of roleplaying of rage that is mostly futile and impotent
Substantial completion of the facility now seems unlikely to be finalised until early next year
Department of Public Expenditure seems to consider procrastination as a virtue. It is penny wise and pound foolish
Department of Public Expenditure has been criticised over hurdles large projects have had to clear
State’s most expensive infrastructure project mired in claims by construction company and a local injunction
Irish-American Gilbane Building Company among largest healthcare contractors in United States
It is hard not to link the decision to the chequered performance of CHI over the last eight years
Move follows months of controversy, notably relating to orthopaedic and spinal services
A megaproject is a large-scale, complex and often transformative venture, typically costing $1bn or more
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
One-bedroom home has a modern layout over two floors with an en suite bedroom
Project originally due to be finished in 2022 looks likely to miss its latest completion date in September
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says she has concerns about BAM’s ability to meet its work programme
Arguments by the Ryanair boss that we should give up on rail solutions and rely on the car and bus make no sense
Government unable to inform Ombudsman how much it spends on children, says Dr Niall Muldoon
Dutch-owned builder has been involved in bitter dispute with State over cost and time overruns
The idea that Ireland’s built environment is characterised by excessively high levels of design is surprising
Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers was in London where he spoke of a new “disciplined” approach to investment
There had been efforts to have the new hospital called after Kathleen Lynn
Official documents seem to exist in some kind of parallel universe, with no expectation that targets can be met
Despite assurances, patients not expected in facility for at least another year
Gardaí and Medical Council now involved as fall out continues over reports of in-fighting and patient safety concerns
Four board members had resigned over the past week, as CHI faced controversies over children’s scoliosis and hip surgeries
‘Lack of confidence’ in governing body facing growing number of issues
Hip surgery issues, spinal springs and an as-yet-unopened hospital have marred entity’s reputation
The Government has an opportunity to make progress but it can’t just continue doing the same things
Construction contractor BAM says site worker resources higher than expected for this stage of build
Delay has been confirmed to Public Accounts Committee, which will hold a meeting on the progress of the new hospital on Thursday
Sinn Féin’s Martin Kenny said an estimated €2.24bn had been spent on schemes to eliminate the disease
A-rated two-bed in walk-in condition in vibrant Dublin 8 has been recently renovated
Some €250,000 in potential income for CHI was lost due to late insurance claims, Public Accounts Committee hears separately
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