HSE Has No Immediate Plans to Increase the Car Parking Capacity for Lourdes Hospital C- 20/10/2026
The HSE says it has no immediate plans to increase car parking capacity at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, particularly near the main entrance, despite ongoing complaints from patients.
Concerns have been raised about the lack of accessible parking for elderly, pregnant and immunocompromised patients, many of whom struggle to walk from the Crosslanes car park to the hospital along a busy road.
Parking charges have also come under scrutiny, with Drogheda Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne recently describing them as “a tax on the sick” and calling for them to be abolished.
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