Patients at state-of-the-art hospital urged to wear warm clothes due to heating system faults

The brand-new Central Mental Hospital opened at Portrane, north Dublin, in November 2022 at a cost of more than €200m. File picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

Patients at Ireland’s state-of-the-art forensic mental health hospital are being advised to wear extra-warm clothing, and are being provided with more bedding at night because of renewed faults with the high-tech heating system.

The heating failure — which also knocks out the hot water — has been continuing since last Thursday and comes as warnings are being issued of wintry weather from this Thursday and over the weekend.