Booming nation lumbered with a health system gone bust

NAVAN has had an Accident and Emergency unit at Our Lady's Hospital since Adam was a boy.

There are now proposals in place to transfer the A&E at Navan Hospital to Drogheda in Co Louth, a hospital unable to cope with its own emergencies, bursting at the seams and with chronic traffic making the town virtually inaccessible during the day.

As the new census has shown, Meath is the fastest growing county in the country with four national primary routes carrying potential for major traffic accidents, and a major mining operation outside Navan.