Exclusive: Leaked files reveal fresh problems for children’s hospital

Dire warnings from outgoing project director in department documents

John Pollock

The National Children’s Hospital project is facing a risk of further cost claims from contractors, a scarcity of construction workers and staff resignations, leaked government documents reveal.

Department of Health documents seen by The Sunday Business Post reveal that the outgoing project director John Pollock believes it will be “extremely difficult” to find his successor.

The cost of the troubled hospital project has risen to €1.4 billion and is expected to exceed €2 ...