Our Work

Temple Street Children's University Hospital was established in 1872 as a hospital for the poor children of Dublin. Now under the care of The Sisters of Mercy, it is one of the major paediatric hospitals catering for children from all over the country.

There is over 1000 skilled and dedicated staff at Temple Street, including 76 consultants. As a teaching hospital, it is one of the leading educators of paediatric nurses in Ireland and provides medical training for doctors at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Annually, there are over 125,000 attendances by children from every part of Ireland and the hospital has the country's biggest paediatric casualty unit with over 50,000 attending Accident and Emergency.

Temple Street leads the way across a variety of medical specialities. It is the national centre responsible for screening newborn babies for metabolic and genetic disorders. It is also the national centre for neurological, eye, craniofacial, kidney, airways and ENT disorders in children. The national meningitis reference library is also based in Temple Street. In addition, the Hospital provides specialised family support units in areas such as child sexual abuse and bereavement counselling and houses the National Sudden Infant Death Register.

The Fundraising Office was established to raise awareness and funding for projects within Temple Street Children's University Hospital. The office was established as Children's Fund for Health Ltd in 2000. Temple Street continues to rely on external support to assist it in the purchase of vital equipment and to help establish and fund research to ensure that the best service possible is provided to the children in its care.