Contentious HSE plans to construct a €25m community hospital in Ennis have been met with a further delay.
An Bord Pleanála was due to make a decision on the 100-bed nursing home on a 2.4 hectare green space at St.Flannan’s College in December, but this has been stalled due to a significant backlog in cases.
The Board of Management at St.Flannans along with 75 teaching and retired staff lodged objections last January, citing that the development would limit space for the school’s rapidly growing population to expand.
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Clare member of the HSE’s Regional Health Forum West, Councillor Rita McInerney says the lack of movement is extremely frustrating.
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