Decision to drop Cork dental school plans 'profoundly worrying'

Hospital School manager Siobhan Lynch with the dean of Cork University Dental School and Hospital, Prof Paul Brady, at Cork University Dental School, which currently shares a campus with Cork University Hospital. Picture: Dan Linehan

The decision to drop plans for a new dental school in Cork is “profoundly worrying” at a time of shortages across the dental profession, the Irish Dental Association has warned.

Currently, Cork University Dental School shares a campus with Cork University Hospital.