IRELAND
Irish Independent
Eilish O’Regan
April 22 2017
The future of the new national maternity hospital has been thrown into doubt as the row over its ownership deepened last night.
The board of St Vincent’s Healthcare Group – controlled by the Sisters of Charity – announced it is to review its decision to allow the hospital to be built on its campus.
It follows days of controversy over the decision to allow the religious order to own the new €300m national maternity hospital which will be built on its land surrounding St Vincent’s Hospital. In a statement yesterday, the chairman of St Vincent’s Group, James Menton, said: “In view of the controversy and misinformation that has arisen in recent times regarding the project, and the views expressed by the Health Minister and other members of the Oireachtas, the board of St Vincent’s Healthcare Group will review the status of the project in light of the current situation.”
Critics, including some of the past residents of the Magdalene Laundries, said the religious order should not be allowed to own the hospital.
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