BUPA withdrawal casts doubt over €100m clinic

THE decision by BUPA to withdraw from the Irish market has thrown a huge question mark over a proposed €100 million private clinic in the grounds of Adare Manor.

The management committee of the new clinic was due to meet last night under chairman Dr Ed Walsh, former president of the University of Limerick, to decide if the project is economically viable in the light of the BUPA decision.

Adare Manor owner Tom Kane, managing partner of the clinic group, said the project was now “firmly planted in mid-air”.