Public urged to only attend UHL emergency department with 'serious illness or injury'

UL Hospitals Group said that 283 patients attended the UHL emergency department in the 24 hours to 8am yesterday morning

University Hospital Limerick: Dealing with 'an unprecedented level of presentations'. File picture: Dan Linehan

The UL Hospitals Group is urging the public to present to University Hospital Limerick's (UHL) emergency department "only in the event of serious illness or injury".

It is the second such warning issued in the past month.