'Capacity issue' at HSE supply depot means walking aids are being left outside

A line of walking aids left outside a HSE storage facility in Ardcavan, Wexford. Picture: Deirdre Taaffe

The HSE has no room to store walking aids and other equipment indoors due to the volume of them being returned to a depot in Wexford, the health service has said.

The admission comes after a picture emerged on social media showing dozens of wheelchairs and walking frames outside the depot in Ardcavan.