Doctor: A&E abuse will come back to haunt us

A leading doctor has warned the Government that future generations will accuse it of ignoring A&E overcrowding “abuse” in the same way as “clerical sex abuse, the Tuam babies and Magdalene Laundry scandals” unless they immediately tackle the crisis.

Tallaght hospital emergency consultant Dr James Gray made the claim in a letter to Health Minister Simon Harris.

In the letter, the medic said the situation at his facility is worse now than when a high-profile emergency investigation was launched in 2011.