Construction company BAM says it has suspended work on a large-scale development under way at the Intel site in Leixlip Co Kildare.
However, the developer says it will continue work on building the National Children's Hospital. The firm says it took the decision to shut the Intel site down after it received clarification this afternoon on what projects were considered exceptions to the Government's general shut down of construction projects, aimed at helping stem the spread of Covid-19.
BAM says one of the exceptions outlined by the Government on Saturday was "very large construction projects" and it had immediately asked the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB), if the National Children's Hospital was intended to be one