Chair chosen for board to oversee building of new hospital in Limerick

This board is also expected to oversee how health services in Clare and Tipperary can be further supported

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (left) at the announcement in March of the acquisition by the HSE of 43 acres of land at Raheen to expand services at University Hospital Limerick. Work to appoint the board to oversee the project will start in the summer. Picture: Don Moloney

A chair has now been agreed for a project board to work on health services in the Midwest counties, including the new hospital to be built in Limerick.

This board is expected to oversee construction plans for a site in Raheen, near Limerick city, as well as how health services in Clare and Tipperary can be further supported.