A RESTORED respite service for relatives of people with intellectual disabilities in Limerick is in doubt after families rejected a proposal that they raise funds to pay for a replacement service.

THE Limerick respite care row intensified last night with Labour Health spokeswoman Jan O’Sullivan accusing the Government of perpetrating a “fundamental wrong” on families who care for relatives with intellectual disabilities.

SIXTY families with relatives who have intellectual disabilities and who avail of respite services in Limerick will now have to fund a reduced service, it has emerged.

THE state has slammed the door on one of the few comforts in the life of Limerick widow Sarah Hurley.