Election 2024: Taoiseach says reorganisation of Midwest hospital A&Es was 'a hames'

Speaking in Ennis, Simon Harris stopped short of promising a second hospital emergency department for the region

Taoiseach Simon Harris was speaking in Ennis, Co Clare, during a day of canvassing ahead of the general election on Friday, November 29. Picture: Fergal Phillips

The Taoiseach has said that the re-organisation of emergency medicine in the mid-west was "a hames".

Health watchdog Hiqa is leading a review into the case for a second emergency department to support University Hospital Limerick, which is regularly the most overcrowded hospital in the country.