Closure of Midleton mental health facility is 'a life or death issue'

Families were only approached yesterday by the HSE to meet and discuss the closure, having been told about the plans in June

The Owenacurra Centre in Midleton, East Cork, is scheduled to close by the end of October due to HSE concerns about the building. 

The potential closure of a mental health facility in Cork is “a life or death issue”, the Oireachtas sub-committee on mental health has heard.

The Owenacurra residential mental health centre in Midleton is scheduled to close by the end of October due to HSE concerns about the building.