Limerick hospital's €25m emergency department unable to cope with demand

The chief executive of University Hospital Limerick, Professor Colette Cowan has admitted that the €25 million emergency department opened just 18 months ago is not able to cope with the numbers coming through its doors.

The hospital’s emergency department is the second busiest in the country she told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, and while service has improved since the opening of the new facility there remains an issue with bed capacity.