Building on the site at St James’s Hospital in Dublin began in 2016 after years of disagreement over its the location. Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is to get access to the new children’s hospital from Monday, eight months after that phase of the project was due to begin. Building on the site at St James’s Hospital in Dublin began in 2016 after years of disagreement over its location. CHI, which runs paediatric healthcare and will operate the new children’s hospital upon its completion, has been under consistent pressure in recent months, particularly around the provision of orthopaedic care for children. Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill announced in September that CHI will be subsumed back into the Health Service Executive (HSE).

Source: The Irish Times December 20, 2025 07:00 UTC