Mental health watchdog voices 'serious concerns' about St Stephen's Hospital Glanmire

A string of inspections has highlighted fire safety problems and 'an atmosphere of tension and irritability among the residents'

Chief executive of the Mental Health Commission, John Farrelly, said: "Every inpatient service in the country knows only too well what they need to do to attain high standards." File picture: Jason Clarke.

The Inspector of Mental Health Services has "serious concerns" over a mental health unit in St Stephen’s Hospital in Cork city, after a report found the facility had been slow to address critical and high-risk non-compliances.

The hospital, located just north of the city near Glanmire, has recently been the subject of a string of inspections by the mental health watchdog.