General election candidates will be briefed on a major health scandal in Limerick tomorrow involving a €2.9m respite centre for disabled children which has lain idle since being completed 15 months ago because the HSE does not have the money to support its running costs.

The JP McManus Benevolent Fund yesterday announced a €4m donation to Limerick Institute of Technology to develop a community engagement facility on campus.

Concern has been voiced by the public spending watchdog about more than €300,000 spent by the Institute of Technology, Tralee, on consultant fees for the design of the Kerry Sports Academy without capital funding for the project being in place.