Fire service orders A&E unit risk assessment

Fire officers have expressed fears about overcrowding at one of the country’s busiest hospital emergency departments.

It has emerged that, on Wednesday, Limerick City Fire and Rescue Service received a phone call from an individual concerned about overcrowding at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick.

The fire authority has now requested that the HSE carry out a risk assessment of operationsat the hospital by Apr 5.