Private health provider tapped to deliver hospital in Limerick

The Irish Examiner can also confirm that talks are under way with a healthcare non-profit to build an additional healthcare facility in the region

University Hospital Limerick. Picture Dan Linehan

A proposal to build an elective hospital in Limerick through a partnership with UL Hospitals Group and private health provider UPMC is being actively considered, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

The discussions come against a backdrop of incessant overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick, which reached record levels at the end of January, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.