IRELAND
Irish Independent
Eilish O’Regan
April 24 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris has called for “cool heads” in the row over giving ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital to the Sisters of Charity.
He is right – although he himself must take some of the blame for indirectly adding to the public outcry last week.
While St Vincent’s Healthcare Group is unlikely to withdraw its offer of a site for the hospital at its Dublin 4 campus when it meets on Thursday, the risk remains that the current plan could still collapse.
The reality is that this will set back the building of a new maternity hospital – currently housed in a cramped outdated building in Holles Street – by several years.
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