Thirty years ago, the board of the hospital considered moving to a general hospital site (Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown). Recently, the Rotunda has expanded its city centre footprint, with HSE and Dublin City Council support, and acquired buildings in Cavendish row, North Earl Street and Dominick Street. (The Rotunda hospital canteen serves the best hospital food I personally have experienced and it is one of the cleanest hospitals I have ever visited.) The revised plans were approved by Dublin City Council on July 31st, 2025. The neonatal intensive care unit is so overcrowded that critically ill infants, or high risk pregnant mothers, regularly have to be transported to another site for care.

Source: The Irish Times February 18, 2026 18:04 UTC