University Hospital Limerick chief executive goes on leave

It comes in the same week the hospital had a record 150 patients on trolleys on Wednesday

Professor Colette Cowan, Chief Executive of the University of Limerick Hospitals Group, was working in the hospital as recently as this Tuesday. File photo: Liam Burke/Press 22

The chief executive of University Hospital Limerick Colette Cowan has gone on leave with an acting CEO being put in place.

It comes in the same week as overcrowding at the hospital hit a record high.