The number of children being admitted to hospitals for eating disorders is rising rapidly. Figures from the Health Research ...

So says chief executive of Children’s Health Ireland Eilísh Hardiman. She is optimistic about the plans for the new children’s hospital, which is located next to St James’s Hospital in Dublin.

Fears are growing that the final construction date for the new €2.24bn National Children’s Hospital may have to be pushed back yet again.

Nikki, aged 16, from Ballylanders, is a massive Limerick hurling fan who goes to all the matches. The Dublin hurlers broke Nikki’s hearts in their shock defeat of John Kiely’s men in June but their ...