New hospitals for Midwest welcomed but campaigners raise timeline concerns

Melanie Cleary and Marie McMahon have been prominent voices in the Midwest Hospital Campaign

Construction will continue at UHL in Dooradoyle, including opening a surgical hub next year.

A plan to ultimately build two new hospitals — including one with an emergency department — for the Midwest as well as expand University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has been broadly welcomed.

However, campaigners have been left frustrated at the lack of detail on funding and timelines from health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.