Politicians scramble to take credit for hospital

A political row has flared among local politicians claiming kudos for a new €8m community hospital in Kenmare, Co Kerry.

Nineteen residents were yesterday transferred from the town’s old hospital to the modern, 40-bed facility for which the area had been campaigning for more than 30 years.

And, as politicians rushed out statements vying for the credit, people were none the wiser as to which, if any of them, delivered the hospital.