The hospital, which was designed by Robinson Keefe Devane, was intended to provide the newly developed Dublin suburb of Tallaght with its own general hospital, by relocating services from three smaller sites in Dublin's city centre: the
Adelaide Hospital, the
Meath Hospital and the
National Children's Hospital. A
board of directors was established by the
Minister for Health in 1980. It was built at a cost of £140 million and opened as the '''Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the National Children's Hospital
(AMNCH''') on 21 June 1998. In November 2011, Minister for Health
James Reilly announced "radical governance reforms" for the hospital including a slimmed down board composed of experts. It changed its name to the Tallaght Hospital in February 2012 and to the Tallaght University Hospital in March 2018. The Children's Services Department changed its name to Children's Health Ireland at Tallaght as part of the rebranding of three hospitals under the Children's Health Ireland banner on 1 January 2019. ==Services==