Site study on new Cork city hospital on hold due to Covid-19

The HSE said the study is on hold due to the onset of Covid-19, but the move has been criticised by Fianna Fáil TD Padraig O'Sullivan

TSt. Stephen's Hospital, Sarsfield's Court, Glanmire, which was mooted as a potential site of a new hospital in Cork. File Picture: Dan Linehan

A feasibility study into the possibility of a proposed new hospital in Glanmire has been put on indefinite hiatus due to Covid-19.

The HSE-owned site in the town, which currently plays host to St Stephen’s Hospital - encompassing mental health units and support facilities - last year emerged as one of the chief contenders to host the new Cork city hospital after councillors threw their backing behind the idea.