Will two new facilities – one public, one private – solve Limerick’s hospital overcrowding?
The Health Information and Quality Authority reviewed health services in the midwest at the request of Government. Chronic overcrowding and a series of tragic deaths of patients means University Hospital Limerick (UHL) is seldom out of the public eye. That left the midwest – which has a population of just over 500,000 – with only one model four hospital. To cater for that demand, it has one model four hospital, four model three hospitals and two model two hospitals. But this does not solve all of the woes of the health services in the region.
Source: The Irish Times March 12, 2026 06:53 UTC
