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1997 nationalist riots in Northern Ireland

At least 30 others sought treatment at first aid houses or at Letterkenny Hospital across the border.

Letterkenny General Hospital

Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Fine Gael remarked that the floods had “destroyed a first class medical facility” and called the damage “very substantial - records lost, MRI machine, diagnostics laboratory, walls to be stripped and decontaminated. It means, effectively, that Letterkenny General Hospital will be out of operation for a considerable time”.

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Meanwhile, consultant oncologist and senator John Crown was critical of the lack of media interest in the events outside the area affected.

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