Probe into patient files dumped in Galway bog

AN investigation has been launched after patient documents from a hospital in Sligo were found dumped in a bog in Co Galway.

It is the latest embarrassment for the Health Service Executive following the discovery of patients’ medical records dumped in Mayo and Roscommon in recent weeks.

The documents from Sligo General Hospital were found by litter wardens who were cleaning up waste at a notorious dumping ground outside the village of Abbeyknockmoy in north Co Galway.