Cian O'Callaghan: “This includes public patients with cancer. An early cancer diagnosis can save a life. Delayed diagnosis can be fatal.”

These delays are not abstract. They involve people waiting for cancer diagnosis.

there is a dual need to act on the concerns and to "protect jobs and investment" by seeking out "alternative markets" for the Aughinish site

A quarter of all work carried out at the Galway University Hospital lab comes from the private hospital Bon Secours.

The hospital has a deal in place to do lab work for a private hospital.