Varadkar plays down reports patients won't go to hospital on 'wrong' side of Liffey

The Health Minister Leo Varadkar has played down reports that a new hospital is struggling to fill its beds because it is on the "wrong" side of the Liffey.

Leo Varadkar was responding to claims that a new community hospital in Mount Carmel has seen beds lie empty because people will not cross from the Northside.