Midlands site considered for mental hospital

A SITE in the Midlands is among those being considered as the location for the new Central Mental Hospital, the Minister for Mental Health John Moloney said yesterday.

Speaking at the launch of a mental health campaign aimed at getting young people to speak about any problems they may be experiencing, Mr Moloney also said he hopes to have a new director charged with implementing the Government’s Vision for Change policies next week.

Government plans to move patients from the current Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum to the site of the new prison in Thornton Hall were dropped earlier this year, in a move which delighted the families of patients who were vehemently opposed to the move.