The current pressures on St Lukes Hospital for Carlow-Kilkenny were raised in the Dail last night.
John McGuinness and Bobby Aylward both had speaking time as their party brought a motion on emergency department overcrowding.
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The Fianna Fail Deputies shared personal stories they had encountered in recent days with Minister Kathleen Lynch.
And they called for the step-down unit at Kilcreene Hospital to be re-opened.
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