IBEC backs calls for UL school of medicine

BUSINESS leaders in the Mid-West last night joined the call for a school of medicine at the University of Limerick (UL) amid claims the project was being undermined by “medical politics”.

UL has drawn up a major plan to have a graduate-only school of medicine.

However, a report commissioned by former Health Minister Micheál Martin and former Education Minister Noel Dempsey, which was leaked last week, said an increase in doctor numbers could be achieved by developing existing schools of medicine.