5,000 expected to take part in Navan Hospital protest

Around 5,000 people are expected to take to the streets in Co Meath this afternoon in a bid to have closed services at Navan Hospital reinstated.

In the last two months, the hospital has seen the closure of all acute surgery, as well as 28 beds.

The Orthopaedic Unit is also set to close in December for a number of months.

Cllr Peadar Tobin, deputy mayor of Navan, is chairman of 'Save the Navan Hospital Campaign'.

He said: "We in Meath are drawing a line in the sand…The people of Meath will not be an easy target for cuts in the future."