Named and shamed: Ireland's dirtiest hospitals

THE country’s dirtiest hospitals are laid bare in a damning report that shows widespread neglect of basic hygiene practices like hand-washing, bin-emptying and general cleaning.

Waterford Regional Hospital shares bottom place with Dublin hospitals Beaumont and St Columcille’s, Loughlinstown, in the first National Hospitals Hygiene Audit, which found a shocking 91% of public hospitals fall below acceptable standards of cleanliness.

Despite the growing incidence of MRSA and other “superbugs”, just five hospitals are found to have a level of hygiene categorised as “good.”