A proposal will be brought before the Dáil this afternoon, to name the National Children’s Hospital after a Mayo native.
Sinn Féin TD Aengas O Snódaigh wants to name the hospital, when opened, after Dr. Kathleen Lynn who was born in Killala.
One of Ireland’s foremost pioneering medics, Dr. Lynn founded Ireland’s first children’s hospital – St. Ultan’s in Dublin.
She was also the only female commandant of the 1916 Rising.
Deputy O Snódaigh believes that Dr. Lynn deserves this recognition as a woman who set examples for Ireland, and he has been raising this in Government since 2013.
He will speak in the Dáil later today.
The Dublin South Central TD has been speaking to Midwest Radio’s Rian Bailey:
