More than 5,000 reports of criminal incidents at hospitals

There have been 378 criminal incidents reported at hospitals in the Cork City division, 341 in Galway, and 309 in Limerick since 2018.

Gardaí have responded to more than 5,000 reports of criminal incidents at the country’s hospitals since 2018, new figures have revealed.

The highest number of incidents (682) occurred in emergency departments and other healthcare facilities in Dublin’s South Central Garda Division, while more than one in 10 (546) was reported in the North Central division.