Construction set to begin on new €16m hospital

WORK on a new €16 million community hospital in An Daingean is expected to start in the coming weeks.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) yesterday confirmed it had signed a contract with land owner Shane O’Connor to lease a five-acre site at Farran, on the outskirts of the town, for the 72-bed hospital.

A day care centre for older people, a mental health day care centre and a new ambulance base for west Kerry will also be built on the site.