An environmental study at the site of the proposed new children's hospital at St. James's in Dublin found no evidence of a grave, or any significant archeological feature.
The Development Board for the new children's hospital and St James's Hospital issued the statement following media reports over the weekend that the site is on the ground of an ancient mass pauper's grave.
The board said their study included an Archaeology Report, and these findings were consolidated by further geotechnical surveys.
A commemorative stone dedicated to famine victims and any potential unmarked graves on the whole of the St James's campus is located on the eastern side of the campus.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke unveiled this stone marker, adjacent to the location of the former workhouse buildings, in July 2014
