Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more.
MORE DETAILS HAVE emerged on the proposal to locate the National Children’s Hospital at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital.
Dr Chris Fitzpatrick, Master of the Coombe, made the details public today online.
According to the team behind the proposal, which is called Putting Children First, locating the hospital at the Coombe would be the “most cost effective option” as it would cost €358 million (excluding the fit-out).
The Mater proposal is €650m, the St James’ proposal is €510m and the Phoenix Park Racecourse is €440m, said the document. The provision of multi-storey instead of underground car parking would save an additional €20m.
The Coombe proposal doesn’t require a maternity hospital to be built, which would save around €100m, it said, while it would be the only tri-located proposal which includes a maternity co-location for transfer of sick newborn babies.
Dr Fitzpatrick commented:
This current Coombe proposal was not possible in 2006; it has taken a recession to make this enormous tri-located and essentially greenfield site readily available for the development of the National Paediatric Hospital; ironically, this highly valuable asset would have been unaffordable 6 years ago during the boom-time.
The proposal also said that it is the “biggest and most flexible city site” at 20.5 acres, while even after the hospital is built 60 per cent of the site would be left free for future campus development.
The land is immediately available and zoned for a hospital, and building can be completed without interruption to the existing Coombe and St James’ hospitals, according to the proposal.
Around 9,000 mothers deliver in the Coombe every year, while 1,000 infants are admitted to its neonatal special care unit.
The full details of the proposal can be viewed here.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Fantastic idea! Well done!
Self built personal terminators?
Can I just tell these kids they make me embarrassed to be an adult! Good job and keep thinking. A lot of children could benefit from this. Special mention to your teacher who I think could be also very special.
Well done kids! Great to see a solution to the problem developed by those closest to it. Let’s hope it catches on.
Well done them.
Fantastic idea as long as the concept of bullying is taught properly in the first instance. Parents often use the word bullying to describe instances that are in fact just two kids disagreeing with eachother. Children need to be allowed to develop resilience and should be explicitly taught problem solving skills in order to try to figure out such disagreements for themselves without the now ever-constant intervention of parents. Parents are doing their children no favours at all with the “mommy will fix everything” approach. Where genuine bullying is occurring I think this invention could really help open dialogue and would certainly remedy the problem that many teachers face in that often no report is made to teachers when something happens and they know nothing until a parent shows up at the door 3 days later.
Well done, amazing solution! I want one!!
Unfortunately anyone wearing a bully bug is likely to be bullied for it
Or your mates will be pushing the button for you, so you’ll end up having to have chats with the teacher later.
I agree
After being bullied as a kid I do agree. The kids are trying to help bless their good intentions, but I wonder how many have been bullied?
I know I never confided in a teacher, parents or any adult, only myself and the other girl that was bullied confided in each other.
I left the school and she was tormented for years after I left verbally and by exclusion. She still carries the scars as do I. She still lives in the area and never talks to any of her old class.
If they really want to help build a friends network to support those who are victims of bullying, give them a safe space where they can be themselves, have fun and not feel threatened.
Nice idea but in my experience bullying is only accepted as such by teachers if it physical. This App is indeed great in that situation but I have spoken to kids that felt they were bullied by the words and actions of other kids, told teachers and yet nothing was done about it. Teachers played it down. They tried to “reassure” ie convince the child it wasn’t bullying. Every kid in the school knew it was bullying but the teachers never did anything to address it.( Laziness or fear of approaching parents? )Not a word about bullying or treating others good or anything. What good is a bully alarm in that situation? Attitudes to what bullying is have to change first and how it affects the children has to be taken seriously before it can be tackled.
Well done all the same kids. It’s great to see innovation from a young age. I hope it encourages the girls to think seriously about studying science/ engineering/ maths where it is seen mainly as a boys career.
Great idea solutions requires to recognise bullying and not blame it on some mitigating factor.
and what mitigating factor is being blamed? A solution to half a problem is not a solution.
Super proud of these kids and even more proud to be one of there parents alot hard work and dedication went into this project from them they can’t believe how far they have come
It’s called a fist
Sean, I think your idea to stop bullying has quite a lot of merit, though I’d hit the parents of bullies where it hurts, in their wallets
Super proud of these kids I’m even more proud to say one of them is my daughter they have worked so hard for this they can’t believe how far they have come
Super proud of these kids and even more proud to be one of there parents alot hard work and dedication went into this project from them they can’t believe how far they have come
So bullying is getting more common then?
Fair play to these kids making a stand.on bullying these kids a credit to their school teacher and parents well done St Audeons
have your say