Review at psych unit after patients go missing

A review of security arrangements is being carried out at an acute psychiatric unit after the HSE confirmed three patients left the facility in the space of one month.

The patients were among five people with perceived mental health difficulties who were subsequently reported missing to gardaí in Limerick since early May.

Three of the five missing people were patients in Unit 5B, a 45-bed acute psychiatric unit located on the grounds of University Hospital Limerick, but managed through the wider HSE community healthcare services.