Emergency session of the Corporation in Clonmel called to fight the decision by Regional Health Board to close Clonmel Hospital, Tipperary.

Report shows regional Board Meeting in session where decision to close hospital was made.

Clonmel residents demonstrating outside meeting.

Woman on phone to say Cashel Hospital is to remain open.

Ambulance men remove equipment.

Interviews with Councillor Tommy Norris, Mayor of Clonmel; Councillor Tom Ambrose, Member of the South Eastern Health Board (SEHB); and Doctor Paud O’Regan.

Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Clonmel. Nurse tending baby in maternity ward. Nurses with patients.

The reporter is Michael Ryan.

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