Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

The Minister says the closures can be justified on safety grounds. On 19 April 2009, shortly after the accident and emergency department in Ennis was downgraded to providing an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. service, Mr. Dan McConnell, a 59 year old father of three, died just minutes away from Limerick hospital. He had suffered a heart attack in Kilkee, 34 miles from Ennis-----

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