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Editorial: Profligate public spending insidiously undermines public confidence

The largesse displayed at RTÉ coupled with the soaring cost of the National Children’s Hospital undermines faith in the state’s ability to manage individuals’ contributions to public life

Stephen Donnelly, the health minister, has informed his ministerial colleagues that the new National Children’s Hospital (NCH) will cost €2.4 billion — about €500 million more than the previous, already hugely bloated price tag