Petition of 10,000 signatures handed into Dáil for Tipp hospital

Dan Power from Carrick-On-Suir at the protest outside Leinster House on Kildare Street, Dublin. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

A petition containing over 10,000 signatures seeking the reopening of a Co Tipperary district hospital for respite care was handed into the Dáil today.

A busload of campaigners from Carrick-on-Suir handed over the document calling for St Brigid's District Hospital to be returned to its former use.