1993: A single, tertiary children’s hospital for Dublin is proposed by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. At the unveiling of the model of the Development Control Plan for the Mater & Children’s Hospital Developments which will create a new hospital campus in 2001. From left: Laura Magahy, Sr Helena O’Donoghue, Micheál Martin Martin Cowley2006: The McKinsey report recommends a single national children’s hospital, into which the three existing children’s hospital in Dublin would be merged. 2007: Then minister for health Mary Harney establishes the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) for the development of the hospital. Eilish Hardiman, CEO Children’s Hospital Group, and Sean Mahon, lead architect, at the briefing on the New Children’s Hospital, in Dublin in 2010.

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2019 10:52 UTC