Claire Byrne is relaxed as she settles in to Newstalk, while Shane Coleman gets mad as hell at drivetime – The Irish Times

Readers of a certain vintage may recall a 1980s advertising campaign for an insurance company that bore the tagline, “We won’t make a drama out of a crisis”. Whatever the veracity of the claim in that particular instance, it’s a slogan that springs to mind when listening to Claire Byrne cover the war in the … Read more

Revealed: Special equipment too big to fit in lab at new children’s hospital

Machine will not fit in the area designed for it, in the latest setback to project The National Children’s Hospital. Photo: Sam Boal Specialist equipment that was due to be installed at the laboratory at the National Children’s Hospital was too big to fit in the space designed for it, in the latest headache to … Read more

National children’s hospital may not fully open until 2026 due to ‘clinical risks’ – The Irish Times

The projected completion date for the new national children’s hospital remains for this June but a subsequent “operational commissioning” phase will take at least six months, the Minister for Health has been told. A briefing note from her department also says migration to the new hospital cannot be undertaken in winter due to “clinical risks”, … Read more