Slated for completion in 2018 #lol
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Still havenāt heard a clear rationale for this. Wanted to colocate with an adult hospital, had to be in Dublin. I think the mater was first choice but didnāt get planning permission. Jamesās was next up I think. Jamesās a leading teaching hospital was also a factor -politics in medicine circles. Public transport access also a factor.
I wonder if the report informing the choice of location is published. Listening to commentators, childrenās hospitals should colocate with maternity hospitals to benefit patients. Colocating with adult hospitals doesnāt have any positive impact in patient outcomes, which contradicts one of the reasons given for the Jamesās site.
The public transport connections is the only reason left standing that makes sense, and we could always build a luas out to blanch, which will happen at some stage anyway and for the money they are talking the saving would easily cover the luas line, as well as the obvious additional benefits of said luas line.
I dont know ā but the press will find something to shift the focus from the Gov.
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At this stage the big hole in the ground is a sunk cost. They should look at the thing from scratch and decide again whether Jamesās is the right site. It might still be. It probably isnāt though. For the money they are talking about spending on the NCH in Jamesās they could probably build the childrenās hospital in blanchardstown and then develop the Jamesās hole in the ground to improve and extend the adult hospital there (given that the coombe is apparently creaking and will need replacing).
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Stop talking sense will you ffs
The money they have spent on the hole in the ground in Jamesās would have seen at least part of a building on a greenfield site by now.
If they collected their tax from Apple theyād be grand ā Nah, weāre not in for that kind of thingā¦ France just pursued 10 years worth of back tax from Apple ā *according to Joe Brolly that is
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Easily. The question now is how much longer FF will wait before pulling the plug.
One gets the impression that Brexit or no Brexit, the government is only one more major fuck up away from falling
Or apartments
They donāt have a greenfield site and if they wanted one would have to buy one, which would cost quite a lot in Dublin city.
Thereāll be a general election in May.
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Id say. Theyll fall over the line regarding Brexit and thatll be enough for Martin to pull the plug
Offer has probably lapsed
The Bould Mattie McGrath gave a slightly incoherent but amazingly accurate Tour de France in the Dail 2 years ago in relation to this project.
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Mattie knew
And so it beginsā¦
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It doesnāt have to be in the CIty, it can be on the outskirts along of the main entries to the city so that it is to access for all and not just those living around Jamesās.
As was said on the radio during the week the site a Jamesās is 34 odd acres the site out at Blanchardstown is 90 odd acres. Why would try squash it all into 34 acres when there is 90 acres free at another site?