Children's Health Ireland
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) was established in 1 January 2019. This saw the children’s hospitals at Crumlin, Temple Street and paediatric services at Tallaght University Hospital integrate into one organisation to deliver healthcare to Ireland’s children, in preparation for the opening of the new children’s hospital on the campus shared with St James's Hospital in Dublin.
CHI governs and operates acute paediatric services for the greater Dublin area and all national paediatric services, some of which are on an all-island basis. As an academic healthcare organisation, CHI is leading on the clinical and operational transformation of acute paediatric healthcare through our triple mission of integrated services, education and research and innovation. Please scroll down to see links to CHI single organisational services:
CHI at Crumlin
CHI at Temple St
CHI at Tallaght – Emergency Care Unit
CHI at Connolly – Urgent Care Centre
Children Health Ireland partnerships:
Children Health Foundation (CHF)
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB)
Ronald McDonald House
Children's Health Ireland - Privacy Notice
Children’s Health Ireland - Data Notification Portal
In May 2021, the HSE cyber-attack resulted in a data breach. Children’s Health Ireland was impacted by this data breach as some ICT systems are shared with the HSE.
If you have received a letter from Children’s Health Ireland from January 2023 onwards in relation to a data breach, please access the Children’s Health Ireland Data Notification Portal below.
If you do not receive a letter by Children’s Health Ireland, your data, held by CHI, was not impacted by this data breach.
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Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin
Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin is an acute Children's teaching hospital located in Dublin 12. It is the national center in Ireland for a range of specialties including children’s childhood cancers and blood disorders, cardiac diseases, major burns, cystic fibrosis, and rheumatology. Our Emergency Department (ED) is open 24 hours 7 days a week.
Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street
Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street is located on Temple Street, Dublin 1, and is part of the Children's Health Ireland hospital group. It is a teaching hospital of University College Dublin and is responsible for the provision of quaternary and tertiary healthcare services for children.
Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Tallaght - Children's Outpatient and Emergency Care Unit
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Tallaght Children's Outpatient and Emergency Care Unit is open 24 hours 7 days a week and is located on the grounds of Tallaght University Hospital (TUH).
Our new building is purpose built for families and delivers services – including Emergency Care, Outpatients, Radiology, as well as services from the Child Sexual Assault Forensic Unit and Child Sexual Assault Therapy Unit. Existing Outpatient Departments, utilisation of inpatient beds and theatre allocation remains in place within CHI at Tallaght in the adult hospital (TUH).
Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Connolly - Children's Outpatient and Urgent Care Centre
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Connolly in Blanchardstown Children's Outpatient and Urgent Care Centre is part of the new model of care for children’s health services in Ireland providing care as close to the patient's home as is clinically appropriate.
Children's Health Foundation (CHF)
Children's Health Foundation raises vital funds to support sick children, young people and their families in CHI at Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly – from funding vital life-saving equipment and essential patient and parental supports to making new services for patients and ground-breaking, paediatric research possible.
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB)
The NPHDB was appointed in 2013 to design, build and equip the new children’s hospital. A planning application was lodged in 2015 and An Bord Pleánála granted planning permission in 2016 for the new children’s hospital, and the two paediatric outpatients and urgent care/emergency care centres at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown and a second at Tallaght University Hospital. Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is the client for the new children’s hospital project.
Ronald McDonald House
When your child is sick, you want the best care possible – even if it is hundreds of miles away. Our Ronald McDonald House allows families across Ireland to stay close to their child for as long as they are undergoing treatment in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin. Since we opened our House in November 2004, we have provided accommodation, care and support for over 4,200 families from all over Ireland.