Some minor damage was done but nobody was injured during a fire at St Dympna’s Hospital in Carlow earlier.
It broke out after 11am in a shed at the rear of the hospital and the fire services and Gardaí attended the scene.
The blaze was quickly brought under control.
In a statement to KCLR News the HSE say the area is used for storage of gardening equipment and some minor damage was caused.
There was nobody in or near the shed at the time.
