“THERE is no issue around the future of Ennis General and its future is secure.”

THE numbers of patients waiting more than 29 days for urgent colonoscopies at the mid-west’s largest hospital “is a cause of serious concern”.

PLANS have been lodged for a €50 million 140 bed private hospital in Ennis, Co Clare, that will provide 400 new jobs when operational.

Former Limerick city councillor Michael Kelly is fighting for his life in hospital tonight after a shooting left a bullet lodged in his brain.

A PRIVATE hospital could be built in the mid-west if Limerick’s Regional Hospital raised the funds for the project by selling four acres of its land, a health board report has revealed.