A little change to the children’s hospital could have big impact

A small maternity unit for the small cohort of high-risk babies could be an easy win

Work to resume on €1.7bn children’s hospital amid costs dispute

Contractor BAM Ireland agrees to restart following stand-off over Covid-19 costs

Developer behind national children’s hospital says work will recommence next week

Project delayed by a dispute between the State and Bam, over Covid-related costs

Lack of Covid-19 compensation unfair, says children’s hospital contractor

Construction on €1.7bn site yet to resume as Bam Ireland claims restrictions make delays inevitable

Work on children’s hospital halted over Covid-19 costs stand-off

Construction yet to resume seven weeks after restrictions on building sites lifted

Safety concerns delay restart of children’s hospital construction

Proximity of St James’s hospital to building site among factors delaying work

New Covid safety measures could increase cost of National Children’s Hospital by 40%

Construction industry suggests cost of house could rise by up to €15,000

Consultants at new children’s hospital will have to pay to use facilities

Consultants will also face ‘operational costs’ bill for seeing private patients at the hospital

National children’s hospital takes legal action against building contractor

Board responsible for controversial project in dispute with construction firm BAM

Construction firm stops work on national children’s hospital

Bam Ireland halts work on project due to coronavirus restrictions on ‘non-essential’ service

Children’s hospital site exempt from coronavirus restrictions, Bam says

Builder says work at Intel in Co Kildare not critical and would cease

Government must ‘come clean’ on children’s hospital delays and costs

Martin says project ‘dogged in secrecy’ as €15m needed to defend contractors’ claims

Fresh delays and millions in extra costs for children’s hospital revealed

Documents reveal hospital board will need €15m to defend against 'exceptional' claims by contractors

Children’s hospital to seek affordable accommodation for staff

NHS-style arrangements with developers for apartment blocks are under consideration

Chairman of national children’s hospital ‘gobsmacked’ by PAC questions

‘I’m not really here to interview for the job,’ Fred Barry tells Sinn Féin Deputy Imelda Munster

Children’s hospital: Construction progress slower than expected

Chair of national children’s hospital says only €1m in additional costs have been paid

Costs review at children’s hospital after fresh claims by contractors

Robust defence to be mounted against claims, says chief of hospital development board

Children’s hospital: procurement chief resigns from board

Paul Quinn is latest senior official to leave board, with project expected to cost €1.7bn

Residents claim homes damaged by children’s hospital construction

Court case recommences against development board and building firm

Board of national children’s hospital accuses builder of ‘aggressiveness’

Concerns have also been raised about the number of health and safety incidents on the site

Council curbs out-of-hours work on Children's Hospital site

Residents complain construction at St James’s campus in breach of permission

Children’s hospital construction delays may distort ‘critical timelines’

Mitigation steps being developed to respond to work falling behind schedule, says HSE

Shadow of children’s hospital looms over capital plan

Analysis: Taoiseach says any claims projects would be cut were ‘scandal-mongering’

Varadkar hits out at ‘political scaremongering’ over children’s hospital

Taoiseach says claims rising cost will see other projects scrapped are ‘fake’ and ‘made-up’

New children’s facility ‘unsafe’, say top doctors

Urgent-care centre represents first element of new national children’s hospital

Government to reform process for ‘mega’ projects after children’s hospital controversy

Shake-up to change how the State spends money on projects that cost more than €1bn

Builder of children’s hospital slates ‘uncontrollable risks’

Bam chief executive tells Taoiseach to make changes or face problems with Project 2040

Unions allege bogus employment practices on Children’s Hospital site

Building unions say State losing revenue and workers being denied rights and safeguards

Children’s hospital costs put other projects in peril, HSE says

Health authority claims planned investments in new facilities now impossible

‘No effective control’ of rising costs of tribunals and commissions

Draft Public Accounts Committee report is set to recommend mechanism to manage costs

Construction delays could see children’s hospital cost rise further

Chair of project’s board tells TDs main contractor BAM has sought extra fees and more time

‘Slam dunk’ conflict of interest in children’s hospital review, PAC hears

Some PwC consultants who advised HSE on project working on investigation of overspend

Children’s hospital debacle a ‘joke’, Mick Wallace tells Dáil

Independents4Change TD claims State will not retender as pause in construction would ‘look bad’

One person must be ‘on the hook’ for children’s hospital, HSE report states

Potential for future cost increases remains, according to HSE document

Harris: No funding for relocating national maternity hospital

Minister says there is no provision in this year’s health estimates for project

Children’s hospital fiasco a lesson in cost control for slow learners

Independent economic appraisal of State spending projects needed

Children’s hospital without maternity facility ‘risks catastrophe’

Former master of Coombe will warn PAC of dangers of proceeding without co-location

Ministers for Finance, Health were ‘asleep at the wheel’ over children’s hospital costs

FF claims nobody in Cabinet asked ’any hard questions’ about spiralling costs of project

Children’s hospital governance structures have to change – Harris

Minister has power to change board structure in order to strengthen project oversight

Grim reading in this children’s hospital tale, but key details left out

PwC report into cost overruns at National Children’s Hospital does not tell the full story

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