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Our children need a radical shift in our perspective on how we use the substantial resources we hold
National Children’s Hospital
Children’s hospital group says it had sought €30,000 from concession holder to reduce cost of Christmas party for staff
Builder Bam expected to provide a new timeline on Friday, Pac told
106,500 defects in 5,728 rooms at the new national children’s hospital
Inside Politics: Efforts to reform short-term letting sector face delays
National children’s hospital completion date will ‘continue to evolve’, says builder BAM
‘Highly selective data’ being misleadingly used about current state of project, builder says
An 18th national children’s hospital completion deadline passes without fanfare
Dusty ducts and more than 106,000 defects among latest complaints from board that have failed to deliver on €2bn project
New national children’s hospital further delayed amid ventilation issue
‘Unprecedented 106,500 defects in the 5,728 rooms’ yet to be addressed by builder Bam, Pac to be told
Work resumes on national children’s hospital site following evacuation
Contractor Bam says no injuries reported after ‘localised heat source activated’ part of sprinkler system
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill unable to confirm when new national children’s hospital will open
Minister for Health said timeline is in place, but contractor has missed 19 previous deadlines
€40,000 for a bungalow in Nenagh? Ryder Cup brings wishful thinking from the locals
Plus: a State-funded video of a bridge, jobs for the boards and a tentative Artemis II Irish angle
Caution over opening of children’s hospital is welcome
Advance interrogation of identified risks in a transparent manner trumps a late statutory inquiry that ought not to have happened
The most expensive children’s hospital in the world
Why the surprise with how long the project is taking to complete?
Children’s hospital deadline will be missed again, committee told
Bam will not achieve substantial completion by April 30th deadline, but expects to have ‘areas’ completed
Children’s Hospital builder Bam facing €40m bill for project delays, committee to hear
Beset by cost overruns, €2.2bn hospital has had 18 ‘substantial completion’ dates
Glasgow shows what happens if you open a mega hospital before it is ready: people die
We can hang on a bit longer for a safe national children’s hospital
Bam commits to April 30th completion date for children’s hospital, says Minister
Latest target the 16th such date proposed by building contractor
Claire Byrne is relaxed as she settles in to Newstalk, while Shane Coleman gets mad as hell at drivetime
Radio: Newstalk host is an ideal, unflustered presence when the you-know-what hits the fan
Ireland doesn’t learn from infrastructure failures. We repeat them
Ireland’s children deserve a world-class hospital. Instead, they’re getting a €2.2 billion building paired with a €362 million digital gamble managed by an organisation that can’t ensure doctors receive their passwords on time
Nine good reasons Irish people are having fewer children, or none
We’re continually told we’re facing a demographic crisis, but solving it is not as simple as lying back and thinking of Ireland
Dublin’s northside needs a maternity hospital that is fit for purpose
The Rotunda is delivering thousands more babies than other hospitals, as plans for its redevelopment have stalled. Meanwhile, across the river in Dublin 4, millions have already been spent on relocating the National Maternity Hospital
Five new High Court cases brought by BAM in children’s hospital contract dispute
Proceedings have been entered into fast-track commercial court
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill interview: ‘I wish BAM would just give me the hospital’
Minister for Health discusses private maternity care, consultants’ contract and the new national children’s hospital
‘Rage bait’ is an apt word of the year for 2025. Anger can be good
Social media encourages a kind of roleplaying of rage that is mostly futile and impotent
New children’s hospital misses 16th completion deadline, now three years behind schedule
Substantial completion of the facility now seems unlikely to be finalised until early next year
Jack Chambers needs to tackle the culture issues in his own department
Department of Public Expenditure seems to consider procrastination as a virtue. It is penny wise and pound foolish
How Ireland plans to speed up the delivery of big projects
Department of Public Expenditure has been criticised over hurdles large projects have had to clear
National children’s hospital board sees legal expenses triple as it fights €880m in claims
State’s most expensive infrastructure project mired in claims by construction company and a local injunction
US construction giant was consulted on national children’s hospital ‘problems’
Irish-American Gilbane Building Company among largest healthcare contractors in United States
The Irish Times view on the end of Children’s Health Ireland: promise unfulfilled
It is hard not to link the decision to the chequered performance of CHI over the last eight years
Children’s Health Ireland to be folded into HSE
Move follows months of controversy, notably relating to orthopaedic and spinal services
Ireland and the world must do megaprojects better
A megaproject is a large-scale, complex and often transformative venture, typically costing $1bn or more
New financial safeguards planned for national maternity hospital project
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
Renovated Rialto cottage across from new children’s hospital for €375,000
One-bedroom home has a modern layout over two floors with an en suite bedroom
National children’s hospital: what’s the hold-up - and whose fault are delays?
Project originally due to be finished in 2022 looks likely to miss its latest completion date in September
National children’s hospital developer BAM’s claims ‘not credible’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says she has concerns about BAM’s ability to meet its work programme
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