The plan would see some patients at University Hospital Limerick treated and cared for at the €213 million private Bon Secours Hospital Limerick (BSL), which opened in September 2024, and is presently expanding its services.

The proposed expansion includes the construction of two new theatres

Aoife O’Donovan was only 17 years of age when she received the lymphoma cancer diagnosis after she was admitted to the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork with abdominal pain