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Wed 01 Jan 2007Hayes says Taoiseach interfered in hospital siteFine Gael claims it has evidence of political interference by the Taoiseach in the choice of the Mater site on the north side of Dublin as the location for the national children's hospital.Fine Gael senator Brian Hayes last night released the text of a letter written by the Taoiseach to the then minister for health, Micheál Martin, in 2002 in which Mr Ahern referred to the Mater site.