Health

'World class' private hospital approved for Offaly after 16 year wait

Work on 99-bed acute hospital in Tullamore, first planned in 2007, is to finally begin later this year

The Wellwood Health campus, which will be located in Tullamore, Co Offaly, will comprise a four-storey, acute hospital with capacity for 99 in-patient beds, six operating theatres, endoscopy suites and a full range of diagnostic supports