'Not realistic' to reopen regional hospital emergency departments, says Tánaiste

Around 11,000 people attended the protest in  Limerick City. Picture: Brednan Gleeson

Reopening emergency departments is not a “realistic proposition in the short term”, according to Tánaiste Micheál Martin.

Mr Martin made his comments after thousands took to the streets on Saturday to call for emergency departments to reopen in the Mid-West to reduce dependence on the country’s most overcrowded hospital.