HSE criticises Newstalk for hospital exposé

THE HSE has criticised Newstalk radio for what it termed a mundane episode on security in psychiatric units.

Yesterday, the radio programmers said they were standing over the investigation and said their report was a matter of public interest.

Recently, Newstalk reporter Samantha Barry managed to gain access to where staff and patients were gathered in St Anne’s Day Hospital in Limerick with three knives in her shoulder bag.