Call for Sisters of Charity to sell hospital site

A prominent theologian has proposed the Sisters of Charity sell the site for the new National Maternity Hospital to the government, and use the proceeds as redress funding.

The project is under review amid controversy over the involvement of the religious order.

Current plans have the €300 million facility located on the site of St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin.

Former Professor of Theology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth Fr Vincent Twomey says a land sale could be a solution.