Cabinet Colleague Asked Varadkar To Fast-Track UHL Emergency Department

A senior government Minister says she has pressed Leo Varadkar on fast-tracking the new A&E unit at Limerick Regional Hospital.

Limerick representative and Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan has confirmed to Clare FM that her cabinet colleague is reviewing the ongoing issues at the region's main hospital.

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Meanwhile, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says nurses in the MidWest are highly likely to begin a work-to-rule next month, even though their colleagues in Beaumont Hospital have reached an agreement about their overcrowding concerns.