Decision to close Owenacurra mental health facility 'a matter of concern'

The proposed closure has been the subject of frenzied opposition from the residents of the centre in the 12 months since the decision was announced

The Owenacurra mental health facility in Midleton. Picture: Howard Crowdy

The decision to close the Owenacurra mental health facility in Midleton has been referred by the Oireachtas health committee to the board of the HSE “as a matter of concern”.

The referral, a rare move for the committee, requests that the HSE’s board — reconvened in 2019 after an eight-year absence — “intervene and overturn this closure decision”.