Hospital car parking move under fire

CAR parking charges at Kerry General Hospital have been doubled to €2 per hour.

But the €1m estimated income from parking charges will not be used to fund frontline medical services. Instead, it will be expended on upgrading car parking facilities at the acute hospital.

Cllr Tom Fleming, a member of the HSE (South) forum, said he was disappointed with news that the health authorities were not going to use the opportunity to put the money to greater use elsewhere.