Latest: Taoiseach says investigation into claims of bodies decomposing in hospital corridor not a priority

The Taoiseach has said holding an investigation into claims by consultants that dead bodies were left decomposing on a mortuary corridor at University Hospital Waterford is not one of his priorities.

Update 5pm: The Taoiseach says that holding an investigation into claims by consultants that dead bodies were left decomposing on a mortuary corridor at University Hospital Waterford is not one of his priorities.

A letter signed by four consultants working at University Hospital Waterford last October was made public last week following on from a Freedom of Information request by the Waterford News and Star. The letter claimed that dead patients had been left decomposing on the mortuary corridor, which in turn had led to a number of closed-coffin funerals.