Ambulances have average turnaround of four hours from West Clare to UHL
*Ambulances at UHL. AMBULANCES in West Clare have an average turnaround time of four hours per call for emergencies to University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
Ennis Hospital
‘Our politicians have let us down on health care’
*Dr Tom Nolan. Photograph: Tom Micks. CLARE’s politicians have “let us down” when it comes to fighting for better health services in the county.
€6.25m in health projects for Clare including major Ennis Hospital expansion
€6.25m in health projects has been allocated to Co Clare for 2026 including a major expansion of Ennis Hospital.
Case to build new hospital in Clare ‘is literally a matter of life & death’
*Friends of Ennis Hospital Chairperson, Angela Coll. ANY POTENTIAL new hospital in Co Clare must be located in the environs of the Ennis Municipal District, a public meeting on healthcare in the region has heard.
7% attendance increase at Injury Units
*Mhairi Barron, Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the Injury Unit in Ennis Hospital MORE than 53,000 patients avoided unnecessary long waits at the busy Emergency Department during 2025 by attending the three Mid West Injury Units at St John’s, Ennis and Nenagh Hospitals. The three units processed a total of 53,489 minor injuries This was …
Cabinet backs new model four hospital for Mid-West
HOPES of building a new hospital in Clare have been brought back to life with the Minister for Health confirming the Mid-West will have a new hospital built within the next ten to fifteen years.
Health Minister says emergency department for Clare will be reviewed in 2026
*Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG) in the Seanad. POTENTIAL for building a second emergency department in the Mid-West will be reviewed next year, the Minister for Health has said.
Proposal for one-way system on Mill Rd scrapped & Gort Rd roundabout alterations removed from Ennis transport plan
*The proposal to make the Mill Rd has been scrapped. PLANS to introduce a one-way traffic system to the Mill Road and to alter the Gort Rd roundabout by Ennis Hospital, McDonald’s and Lynch’s Centra have been scrapped.
Tánaiste says another hospital is needed in Mid-West & that Ennis has been ‘under-utilised’
*Tánaiste Simon Harris is welcomed to Kilkishen by Clare TD, Joe Cooney (FG) along with Cllr Pat Burke (FG) and Cllr Conor Ryan (FG). Photograph: Kevin Donovan. TÁNAISTE, Simon Harris (FG) has said an additional hospital facility is needed in the Mid-West region, weeks before the Health Minister is to issue recommendations on actions to …
Bid to get new hospital in Clare ‘needs councillors to send strong message by leaving parties’
*Cllr Ian Lynch (IND). A CLARE councillor has urged his colleagues to send a strong message to the Government by going Independent in the fight to get a new hospital built in the county.