UHL crisis: Why the Limerick hospital is a millstone around Stephen Donnelly's neck

For all the Health Minister's talk of reduced waiting lists and overall improvements in Ireland's health service, the dire situation at University Hospital threatens to overshadow all the work he has done

The issues at University Hospital Limerick have bedevilled this Government and could become the millstone around its neck when the issue of health is debated during the next election. Picture: Dan Linehan

Stephen Donnelly has figures.

When the state of Ireland's health system is put to him in press briefings, as it often is, Mr Donnelly comes armed with stats.