Focus on UHL overcrowding during election 'made a huge difference', says campaigner

Melanie Cleary said: 'We believe if I hadn’t have run, that wouldn’t have been there. It was definitely more talked about than the last time'

Melanie Cleary during a candlelight vigil at UHL with a picture of her daughter Eve who died in the hospital. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

A hospital campaigner who ran for election in Limerick says an unusually high focus on the overcrowding crisis during the campaign was victory enough for her.

Melanie Cleary ran in Limerick city under the Midwest Hospital Campaign banner. She took home almost 700 votes.