Bid to keep hospital for public use

The HSE plans to sell off a Victorian-era institution in Co Kerry, but a campaign is getting under way to have it retained for public use.

St Finan’s Psychiatric Hospital, Killarney, is now completely unoccupied following the transfer of the Southdoc GP service to new offices in the town.

The landmark hospital, with 66 acres on both sides of the Killarney bypass, is in a prime location overlooking the tourist town and the future of the property is uncertain.