Delays and escalating costs have plagued the construction of the new national children's hospital. Photograph: Dara MacDónaill

One of the largest construction companies in the United States was asked for its advice on the State’s national children’s hospital.

The Gilbane Building Company, founded by Famine-era emigrants from Co Leitrim, is one of the largest developers of healthcare facilities in the United States. It remains family owned to this day.

The hospital has been beset by delays, escalating costs and disputes between the contractors and hospital b

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