By Catherine Shanahan and Elaine LoughlinAn assessment of its own performance by the board of the new children’s hospital found “a high percentage of board satisfaction”, according to minutes of its August meeting. It got under way just days before the resignation of John Pollock, project director of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB). The minutes also note the resignation from the board of the State’s chief procurement officer, Paul Quinn, who controversially did not flag the escalating costs of the new children’s hospital with Government. Meanwhile, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has signalled a further escalation in the cost of building the Children’s Hospital in a letter to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin. In his letter Mr Varadkar said €1,443m is the capital build cost of the project.

Source: Irish Examiner October 21, 2019 04:18 UTC