National Maternity Hospital

The maternity hospital land war: a battle between principles and pragmatism

First mooted in 2013, the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street in Dublin city centre to the St Vincent’s campus at Elm Park looks set to get the go-ahead from government, even as objectors continue to raise concerns over the move

CGI graphic of the proposed National Maternity Hospital on the site of St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin 4

Donna Cooney once cycled to Stephen Donnelly’s office carrying a petition signed by 12,000 people, asking him to halt the plan to relocate the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) from Holles Street in central Dublin to the St Vincent’s Hospital campus at Elm Park.

The Green Party councillor from north Dublin did not get to see the Minister for Health in person, so instead she dropped off the large bundle of printed-out signatures at the reception ...