Prof Daly said that the 2015 plan to co-locate the Rotunda and Connolly hospitals had been “a huge issue”.

Last week, the An Coimisiún Pleanála overturned planning permission granted by Dublin City Council in July last year to the hospital site on Parnell Square.

Opposition party leaders pushed the Taoiseach over whether or not a 2016 plan to relocate the hospital will go ahead.

Planning permission was originally granted by Dublin City Council in late July 2025, but was appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála by two third parties.

Professor Sean Daly said the decision was ‘incredibly disappointing’.

The plans also provided for the demolition of the existing Outpatients Department on the Rotunda’s campus on the western side of Parnell Square

Increasing demand in 2025 saw the Rotunda unit support 12 per cent more people than the previous year

Eva Osborne The Rotunda Hospital has welcomed two baby boys born early on Christmas morning.

After her baby was born on to sheets on the ground, Ms Flynn said she was in complete and utter shock and there was silence in the room .

The man who cannot be named by order of the court, Mr Justice Paul Coffey was told needs constant care.

Baby Sofia Wlodarczyk was pronounced dead less than 24 hours after her birth

The statement of Stephen Keogh was read out by a member of the coroner’s legal team.

The inquest heard how there was 'pandemonium' as those who'd escaped the fire tried to help people who remained inside