First phase of 60-bed block set to open at overcrowded Limerick hospital

A further 20 single en-suite rooms will open on December 14 followed by the third tranche of 20 beds on January 4, 2021.

The country's most overcrowded hospital, University Hospital Limerick (UHL), will see the first phase of a long-awaited €19.5 million, 60-bed block open next week, it has emerged.

The first of three inpatient wards, each containing 20 individual en-suite rooms will open from next Monday, November 23.