Appointment of Chief Executive to Children’s Health Ireland

The Board of Children’s Health Ireland is happy to announce that Ms Lucy Nugent will be our new CEO effective January 2025.

Lucy has extensive experience of leading and managing acute hospitals, having served as CEO of Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) since 2019. Lucy joined TUH as Chief Operations Officer in 2014 and moved to the role of Deputy CEO in 2016.

Prior to joining TUH in 2014, Lucy worked for a short time in the Acute Hospitals Division of the HSE as Head of Quality Assurance and Risk Management.

Lucy also has extensive clinical and management experience in paediatrics, having worked in Children’s University Hospital Temple Street for over 10 years as Clinical and Patient Services Manager. Prior to that she held a number of Nursing roles as both a Registered Children's Nurse and General Nurse.

We look forward to working with Lucy and wish her every success as CEO of Children’s Health Ireland.