Máire Devine (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have been involved in this children's hospital saga since its conception in 2015. I have witnessed much of St. James's Hospital, also known as the South Dublin Union, giving way to development. Gone are the 16 weeping willows planted in 1966 and it was disappointing not to see the flag hoisted this weekend. The children's hospital illuminates my street and the surrounds of Rialto and Kilmainham. It has been a ten-year plus endurance test for the community. Kathleen Lynn, a suffragette, revolutionary, medic and an innovator for children, is a perfect match, so cad í an fhadhb? Councils throughout the Twenty-six Counties have had similar motions to this passed and a plethora of historians agree, as does public sentiment. It is what will tie our yesterdays, our todays and our tomorrows together. It will keep the promising flame of this Republic lit for the next generation.

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