Mice cause closure of young people’s psychiatry service

A HSE clinic dealing with children and adolescents with psychiatric problems has shut its doors because of a mouse infestation.

Following yesterday’s closure clinicians at the South Tipperary child and adolescent psychiatry service have had to cancel several appointments due to have gone ahead this week.

Staff hope that working conditions at the clinic will return to normal by Monday and that they will be able to deal with emergency psychiatry cases in temporary accommodation in the meantime.