In fairness Soundy while the stupidity of politicians never ceases to amaze me, I very much doubt the government haven't had their legal teams go through all the minutiae of whatever this deal entails, because it would be political suicide to put themselves in a situation whereby the Catholic Church could influence proceedings down the road.How exactly is it a stand alone situation????
You say you don't deny horrific things happened in the past which were due to the influence the church had on the state. What has happened to make this a "stand alone situation"? Have the protagonists changed? It's still the religious orders, Irish women, and the Dail.
There's a former master of the Maternity Hospital on the radio this morning, who was on the working group tasked with looking into the upgrading of the NMH and he's against this current set up. He says he'd like to see the correspondence between the religious orders and the vatican regarding this land and the hospital.
Why would he be DELIBERATELY trying to delay the building?