Claims for additional costs from builders of new children’s hospital now total €554m
Latest figures for claims submitted for assessment are provided to Dáil committee
Children’s hospital: ‘Fair assumption’ construction will cost more than €1.7bn estimate
Watt criticised at PAC as he refuses to provide estimates for final cost of project
National Children’s Hospital: €873m to be drawn down by end of 2021
Sum amounts to 60% of approved cost of project hit by spiralling costs and delays
Court told of ‘significant progress’ in mediation children’s hospital dispute
Residents claim significant damage has been caused to their homes by the building works
No human remains found on site of new children’s hospital – developers
Former senator draws attention to site’s history as a 19th century foundling hospital
Children’s hospital construction to use council land for three more years
Dublin City Council to extend lease for land designated for local park
Children’s Hospital builders make claims for €446m in extra costs
Officials from department and hospital board refuse to give PAC estimates of final cost
Lack of transparency on cost of National Children’s Hospital ‘disgraceful’
Oireachtas committee told project delayed by 14 months and is now due to open in 2024
TDs raise questions over website, PR spending by Children’s Health Ireland
More than €200,000 incurred by body that will run National Children’s Hospital did not comply with State procurement rules
Miriam Lord: Zooming in and out of reality at the Public Accounts Committee
The sitting is a bit like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? when they phone a friend
Children’s hospital behind schedule and may not open until 2024, PAC hears
Contractor ‘underperforming’ and claims for additional costs have hit about €300m
Chair of national children’s hospital development board to step down
Fred Barry originally brought in by Simon Harris as cost of project spiralled
Children’s hospital board considered terminating BAM contract amid Covid-19 row
Dispute arose over company’s refusal to resume work on site after restrictions eased
Children’s hospital contractor seeking ‘extra €200 million’ for job
BAM has made more than 600 claims for extra costs, Oireachtas committee told
Target opening of children’s hospital in 2023 ‘very challenging’, says HSE
Covid-19 pandemic and cost issues threaten to delay planned opening of Dublin hospital
Lack of Covid-19 compensation unfair, says children’s hospital contractor
Construction on €1.7bn site yet to resume as Bam Ireland claims restrictions make delays inevitable
Work on children’s hospital halted over Covid-19 costs stand-off
Construction yet to resume seven weeks after restrictions on building sites lifted
Safety concerns delay restart of children’s hospital construction
Proximity of St James’s hospital to building site among factors delaying work
Legal action over children’s hospital contract to be fast-tracked
Row relates to validity of a particular instruction from development board
National children’s hospital takes legal action against building contractor
Board responsible for controversial project in dispute with construction firm BAM
Coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, hospitals to be tackled in new plans
Outbreak teams are to be set up to combat specific clusters of the Covid-19 virus
Construction firm stops work on national children’s hospital
Bam Ireland halts work on project due to coronavirus restrictions on ‘non-essential’ service
Covid-19: Builders cease work on big developments
Move from construction companies comes after ramped up coronavirus restrictions
Setback for children’s hospital with exit of oversight expert
Mounting concern about running costs – now up to €366m annually, from €325m in 2017
Children’s hospital: Construction progress slower than expected
Chair of national children’s hospital says only €1m in additional costs have been paid
Costs review at children’s hospital after fresh claims by contractors
Robust defence to be mounted against claims, says chief of hospital development board
Board of national children’s hospital accuses builder of ‘aggressiveness’
Concerns have also been raised about the number of health and safety incidents on the site
HSE chief issues warning on overspending and hiring
Breach of guidelines will trigger sanction of first charge on budgets, cautions Paul Reid
Council curbs out-of-hours work on Children's Hospital site
Residents complain construction at St James’s campus in breach of permission
BusConnects plan effect on air quality at St James’s Hospital queried
Children’s Health Ireland among those concerned about health implications of change
Unions allege bogus employment practices on Children’s Hospital site
Building unions say State losing revenue and workers being denied rights and safeguards
PAC to examine alleged ‘conflict of interest’ over children’s hospital report
PwC hired in 2018 to look at hospital options and in January 2019 for costs overrun review
Grim reading in this children’s hospital tale, but key details left out
PwC report into cost overruns at National Children’s Hospital does not tell the full story
Children’s hospital to proceed despite ‘significant failings’
Key flaws were cost underestimation and failure to control overrun, PwC finds
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