Patients at the National Liver Transplant Unit at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin continue to be at risk of contracting a serious bacterial infection, it has emerged.

Reports by the country’s mental health watchdog have raised concerns over the admission of children to unsuitable adult facilities, and the involvement of security staff in the physical restraint of patients.

Reports by the country’s mental health watchdog have raised concerns over the admission of children to unsuitable adult facilities, and the involvement of security staff in the physical restraint of patients.