UHL must speed up reforms to end 'horror story', says mother whose daughter died there

Health minister Stephen Donnelly defended the wave of cancellations in the mid-west, pointing to a decrease in trolleys now

Barry Cleary (left) and his wife Melanie with a photo of their daughter Eve outside the Four Courts where they brought an action against the HSE over the death of their daughter in 2019. Ms Cleary said after her daughter died at UHL in 2019: 'They said to me this will never happen again'. File photo: Collins Courts

The mother of a young woman who died in University Hospital Limerick has said reforms to end the "horror story" there must come faster as patients in the mid-west face another week of chaos.

People in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary will see more operations and appointments cancelled due to severe overcrowding, which has blighted the region for over a decade, with many now waiting months for vital appointments only to be disappointed.