Cian O'Callaghan: “A quarter of all work carried out at the Galway University Hospital lab comes from the private hospital Bon Secours.”

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

This extra work is overwhelming the system to such a point that samples are being outsourced to the private sector.

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.