Billion Dollar Baby

‘Gripping, even-handed and forensic … Part political thriller, part fiscal horror, this book should be a must-read for every taxpayer and policymaker’ MIRIAM O’CALLAGHAN’A monumental achievement … you should read every word’ Sunday Independent’A grim litany of design oversights, unexpected bills and board resignations, all dissected with clinical precision’ Irish Times’Jaw-dropping …

shocking’ RTÉ GuideIt was meant to be a symbol of how far Ireland had come – a world-class national children’s hospital that would finally honour the promise of the nation’s founders to cherish all its children equally. Instead, it became a cautionary tale of ambition gone awry. In Billion Dollar Baby, award-winning journalist Paul Cullen delivers the definitive account of Ireland’s most expensive and controversial public project to date.