IRELAND
Newstalk
20 Apr 2017
Stephen McNeice
Protesters opposed to nuns owning the new national maternity hospital have been gathering outside the Department of Health today.
The demonstrations comes as almost 60,000 people have signed a petition in an attempt to block the Sisters of Charity from taking charge of the new facility.
The €300m hospital will be located on the St Vincent’s University Hospital campus in Dublin, and will cater for up to 10,000 births per year.
The Sisters of Charity are the major shareholder in the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group. The Department of Health confirmed earlier this week that that group will be the sole owner of the new hospital.
Campaigners argue that the religious organisation’s failure to compensate abuse victims should prevent their involvement.
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