'Major internal incident' declared at University Hospital Limerick

The move follows a spike in the number of patients attending the emergency department 

University Hospital Limerick. Picture Dan Linehan

University Hospital Limerick has declared a “major internal incident” following an increase in the number of patients attending the emergency department.

Off-duty staff have been summoned back to deal with the crisis, which is being driven by a "surge in patients" with respiratory infections, including Covid-19, flu, and RSV.