€100,000 for chemical weapons exposure unit

THE Mid Western Health Board has paid €100,000 for a decontamination unit to treat people exposed to chemical or biological contaminants.

Health board assistant CEO Ger Crowley said the board would hold a simulation exercise in the next two weeks to train staff in the event of an attack on Shannon Airport.

County managers from Limerick, Clare and Tipperary have been notified about the simulation exercise.