The Taoiseach Doctor Garret FitzGerald at a civic reception in Waterford's City Hall where he gave the go ahead for work to begin on hospital facilities valued at one hundred million pounds in Waterford, Wexford and Sligo.

Earlier the Taoiseach visited Ardkeen Hospital Waterford and also officially opened a one million pound crystal gallery outside which there was a protest by the Workers’ Party and Sinn Féin on unemployment.

Report shows Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald arriving at Ardkeen Hospital. Civic reception at Waterford's City Hall.

The reporter is Michael Ryan.

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