Community groups lose challenge to closure of hospital psychiatric unit

The High Court has today dismissed a challenge brought by two community group to the HSE's planned closure of an in-patient psychiatric unit at South Tipperary General Hospital, with the patients being transferred to Kilkenny.

The groups, Save our Acute Hospital Services Limited and the Cashel Action Committee, sued the Minister for Health, the State and HSE aimed at preventing closure of the 29-bed St Michael's acute psychiatric in-patient unit at the Clonmel based hospital.