Court appeal bid over pharmacy drugs

A LIMERICK pharmacist is seeking a High Court injunction today preventing the Health Service Executive (HSE) from reducing payments made to him under the community drugs schemes.

Niall O’Sullivan, who has five pharmacies in Limerick city trading as O’Sullivan’s Pharmacies, believes the HSE’s decision will decimate his business.

Mr O’Sullivan, said he could not wait for the outcome of a separate legal action being taken against the health authority by the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) and a number of other pharmacists for an alleged breach of contract.