Bertie Ahern's double-dealing, chicanery and cronyism continue to pollute our country even after the corrupt party he led has been crushed.  It's just unfortunate that the National Children's Hospital project [...]

So now we know what capital projects the government is cutting.  Metro North, Grangegorman DIT campus and Thornton Hall prison.  The National Children’s Hospital will be built with lottery money which [...]

Looking again at Bertie's other vanity project

Playing politics with the lives of sick children

The process of selecting a site for a children's hospital

Something rotten is going on with the new children's hospital.

Bertie continues to burden the country with his stupid ideas

Bertie Ahern's ignorance and cynicism linger to threaten children's welfare

The Sisters of Mercy rejected the reality of their crimes in the evidence they presented to the Commission of Inquiry. Yet this religious order is about to be handed control of the National Children's Hospital, for no obvious reason.

Would you locate a national children's hospital in a land-locked city-centre site, with no parking for parents and nowhere for them to stay overnight? Would you justify it by saying [...]