Green light for the National Maternity Hospital—but at what cost?

Green light for the National Maternity Hospital, and ripping up the protocol

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National Maternity Hospital: the Cabinet has approved its move to the religious-owned St Vincent’s University Hospital campus. Photograph: PA Wire
National Maternity Hospital: the Cabinet has approved its move to the religious-owned St Vincent’s University Hospital campus. Photograph: PA Wire

After two weeks of intense debate about the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street, in the middle of Dublin, to the religious-owned St Vincent’s University Hospital campus, the plan has finally been approved by the Cabinet. But at what political cost? Political Editor Pat Leahy and Political Correspondent Jennifer Bray join Hugh Linehan to discuss the issues and the fallout.

Also, London Editor Denis Staunton and Northern Editor Freya McClements assess the Stormont stalemate and the latest on the Northern Ireland protocol.