BAM Ireland has announced it has stopped work on the building of the National Children’s Hospital in Dublin. The construction company said it ceased work on the project “immediately” on getting confirmation from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board that the hospital is not deemed an essential construction service in the context of the Covid-19 restrictions. In the absence of a declaration that the hospital project was not an “essential” construction project, the company had kept the site open. However on Monday Rise TD Paul Murphy accused the company of putting workers’ lives at risk by keeping the hospital site open. Sources close to the project said neither Bam Ireland nor the hospital board wanted to take responsibility for closing the hospital site, given that additional costs might accrue.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2020 17:55 UTC