Twenty reasons why building the Children’s Hospital at St James’s is lunacy

Decision could rank as the most serious mistake ever made by any government in the history of the state

Pictured with a model of the new hospital is Minister for Health Leo Varadkar with on right Olivia Evans age 3 along with on left her brother Nathan age 5 from Kilmainham back in 2015 Picture: Rollingnews

An unprecedented 125 objections were lodged with An Bord Pleanála to the proposed new National Children’s Hospital in Dublin city centre.

If this hospital is built on the St James’s site, it will rank as the most serious mistake ever made by any government in the history of the state. It will be a national disaster and an insult to future generations of children and their parents. My opinion is based on my ...