Terrible location. Build it outside of city were it is accessible forALL the country. Imagine a family from cork Kerry Donegal trying to find it and get there on a wet night when traffic is at a standstill. It should be on m50 or similar

One of Ireland’s top developers chaired the board for the new children’s hospital. Harry Crosby, there is a great clip of him on YouTube with Brendan O’connor where he admits owing the state half a billion through Nama and doesn’t batter an eye lid.

Traffic at the mater will be the cause of life & death. Stupid plan.

This just smells of a backhander. Once again.
There are a multitude of reasons that speak against the Mater site.
Why have we not seen a Journal poll on this issue?
To the individual concerned the geographical aspect is most crucial.
If you have a sick child in need of care the paramount consideration is the time in which you can reach a hospital.
Every other concern should be molded around this factor.

We’ve waited this long so let’s wait some more ….and get it right… my biggest concern about the matter is that a certain 82,500 capacity stadium is only a stone throw away….at any weekend from spring to September it could be packed to the.rafters. Imagine tryin to get a child through those crowds even in an ambulance its impossible let alone in a car being brought by a family member… Im surprised this element is not being talked about more

Tallaght makes more sense.

AFAIK They’re moving the coombes maternity services to tallaght hospital so building the childrens hospital there as well matches the only posible valid reason for siting it at the mater (co location).

There is no good argument left. Are we really going to let the brown envelope brigade put our kids at risk by building the bertie banaltra bowl?

It looks like a prison or a soviet factory. How is that a suitable environment for children?

Again more stupidity from the gov on how it selects it’s projects. Quick fix, jobs for buddies and a complete waste of time and money.

They can’t expand this site and will eventually need to look elsewhere. Traffic and parking is impossible. Again a wick fix solution.

A greenfield site is the only sustainable option. 2.5 years to wait? Well like a pint of Guinness it’s worth waiting for if it means the perfect solution.

Idiots and morons have they not learned from their past mistakes.

Six storeys I’d idiotic. Build it as high as it needs to be and let’s move with the times.

if the coastguard cant land the new S-92′s at the Mater then its a terrible idea,they can land at tallaght though…

is idiotic I meant

I can’t fathom why there is a necessity to have it in Dublin in the first place to be honest. Placing it in Meath or somewhere more central seems like the ideal location to me!

Two and a half years is a compelling argument. We’ve waited too long for this already.

Why is everybody forgetting Blanchardstown. It already has tha adult Hosp. Actually borders the M50 so they could put in new exits in directly. There’s loads of space in the Hosp grounds that has lots of mature trees making it a nice place for walks for recovering children. Yea the brown envelope brigade are alive and well.

You people!!!! You haven’t a clue what you are talking about. You don’t work in the health service so have no concept of the decisions other than location that have to be considered. Let me expand
No site around the M50 will be suitable for reasons of staffing and specialties offered by the hospitals in these locations. Neither Tallagh nor Blanchardstown offer the mix of clinical specialties required by a new national children’s hospital. Therefore all that would happen is that consultants spend most of there time travelling between an adult hospital and the new children’s hospital and end up being unproductive. We have enough problems with inefficiencies without adding more. Imagine a situation, God forbid, where a surgeon had to perform two heart transplants at the same time and somehow be simultaneously in the Mater and somewhere on the M50.
The Mater or James are the only game in town for many reasons. Let the best hospital win. Less of your parish politics. Look where that has gotten the country!!! Either way traffic will be an issue. St James is equally as bad for traffic and parking. So forget about this trivial issue and put the Children of Ireland first. Oh and by the way, Tallagh don’t have a helipad. They build a carpark on it. Imagine that!!! Shows how much you know. The new Children’s Hospital will have a helipad on either location.

Up Kildare.