National Maternity Hospital controversy: Five things you need to know today

IRELAND
Irish Independent

Amy Molloy
April 27 2017

After refusing to step down from the board of the National Maternity Hospital earlier in the week, Dr Peter Boylan has today announced his resignation.

Dr Boylan has been a very outspoken critic of plans to have the new €300m National Maternity Hospital built on a site owned by the Religious Sisters of Charity.

Plans to have the new hospital located on the Elm Park campus at St Vincent’s Hospital have also been met with public outcry.

Here are the five latest things you need to know about the controversy:

1. Why has Dr Peter Boylan decided to step down now?

Explaining his decision on Newstalk’s Pat Kenny Show, Dr Boylan said he felt like a “lone voice” on the hospital board and couldn’t “remain a member of a board that is so blind.”

His decision follows a board meeting on Wednesday night where plans to build the new hospital on the Elm Park site were re-endorsed by the board of Holles Street maternity hospital.

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