It was a disgrace the way the hospital left the patient in chronic pain. They asked 10 times for pain relief and had to wait forever for someone to get back to them. Only for a really nice nurse who came on and actually did her job, not like the rest of them.

The new A&E cannot open soon enough! More capacity is needed. Currently, there is a lack of staff and mistakes being made. Privacy and compassion is NON-EXISTENT in this hospital.

After visiting A&E, I was admitted to a stroke unit. My medical was one of the best I've had in years. Hygiene and cleanliness in the ward was excellent. I counted in the space of two hours, four visits by cleaning staff who each time, cleaned every spot of the ward. I personally would recommend the cleaners for an award for their non-stop work and friendliness towards patients. People forget that cleaners and catering staff are as much part of the wellbeing of the patient and these stood out to me.

I had a fairly positive experience. A&E was fairly quick to get my pain under control but waiting a long time for results which were incorrect. However I attended the Surgical Assessment Unit five days later and got 100% care. Appointment was at 1pm and I was admitted to a ward and in a bed by 6pm. Found the nurses weren't over friendly and some were quite snotty, but they are under a lot of pressure. Food was fairly vile but I was too sick to care but one day the scrambled egg and tea smelt of fish and we heard the dishwasher was broken. I did get an infection in my arm from the canula, not sure how that happened. Overall I would have no fears in going back to the regional. Thank you for my care.

I want to thank all the staff in 2c for the wonderful care I received during my recent stay, they took caring to a different level. Sister Carmel was a lady and nothing was a problem to her or any of her staff. One of the things I would like to see happening is that more nursing staff be made available to this ward as the staff are under severe pressure.

Would like to thank this hospital for making me realise how I should have never made the trip to A&E for help and remind myself to never go back there ever again after the 'care' I received. I was first admitted three weeks prior to my second visit and sent home misdiagnosed!!!! I went back still in pain and was admitted for six days and eventually told there was nothing wrong with me and the pain I had (which turned out to be serious) was all in my head! I eventually had enough and discharged myself and went to an outstanding brilliant hospital who dealt with my health issue straight away, no problems. Turns out I was right and the pain wasn't in my head. I'm only sorry I did not discharge myself sooner!

Disgusted with the way my son was treated in this hospital last week. They are very lucky nothing serious happened him after being discharged wrongly!!!!

My wife was very unwell but received excellent care from Prof Lyons and his team. Everything was explained and she responded quickly to treatment. The staff were always courteous and good humoured despite being very busy.

Poor service.

Went to the hospital as my son was having an allergic reaction and felt concerned in case his condition worsened. Waited about 30 to 40 minutes to see triage nurse. When I went to sit i was told not to as they was vomit on the floor from a previous patient. Son was examined and she advised me to go to my doctor to get him allergy tested. We were lead down to the children's waiting room/play room. It was very dirty with a large hole over by the wall in the floor. Anyone could have tripped over or a small child could have wedged their foot in. There were paper vomit bowls on the floor which had been used and not cleaned up. Leftover sandwiches and wrappers on the windowsills plus used plastic syringe dropper things on the floor. After an hour or so of waiting my son was feeling a lot better and the swelling and hives had subsided so I told the nurse we were leaving as I felt we were going to pick something up in that place. Very dirty and poor children waiting for ages to be seen. Hope I never have to return.

I am not praising the hospital as my husband had very poor care there. However, I was so happy with everything to do with the dermatology department.

A&E paeds excellent! Very short staffed on the wards. Some nurses exceptionally nice! For five days, the floor in the room was never cleaned, only once when new patient was being brought to the room was that section of the floor swept and mopped! Private patient paying a lot for health insurance and not given a private room. Many rooms free but they were treated no differently from another patient with medical card or no insurance. So why pay?

Poorly staffed to cope with capacity but staff are coping as best they can. The doctor was able to deal with me quickly and efficiently as I could explain my complaint and symptoms to her. Communication was very good from all staff in A&E including radiology but the general management of the department needs a major review. I do no think the hospital managers realise how bad the issue is on the ground during busy hours. I left that night and came back in the morning to avoid the 12 hour wait. 30-40 people on trolleys is not good.

On a trolley in A&E for two days with pneumonia. This is a type of hell. And we are still in it.

The doctors, it seems, don't tell the nurses anything and they don't listen to you. Four times my mum had to tell them she was in earlier on this year with similar pain. She waited ages to be seen and was given no pain relief. She was on a trolley for over 12 hours, then put in a ward, then moved again to another ward where it smelled and was dirty. She had no locker to put her things in, just the bed, and she is a VHI patient. Never returning to this hospital ever again.

The worst hospital in the world. I was there recently and after seven hours waiting I gave up. We have had to go there a few times and sitting there with a baby or serious injury for 10-20 hours, is not acceptable. I was told by the nurse that if I left to get money for water I would have to wait as a new patient again. Seven hours with no water, no food, no phone.

Total confusion as to the reason for presenting at Emergency room. Medical records were read incorrectly and a patient was put in an isolation room when it was not required. Moved out of room with no explanation to her family by a porter. Failed to administer regular medications to patient for three days even though the list of regular meds was provided on admission and on file from a previous outpatient's visit.

Never ever will I set foot in this place again. In the recovery room, a smoker smoked in the bathroom and as I was very nauseated and had to leave the room. No one to be seen and when I complained about the smoke, a nurse told me 'SIT THERE'. I was still half sedated and very nauseous and just wanted to lay down. After so many times asking for a bed and being ignored, I walked out as I was cold, sick and too sore to sit. They brought me back twice with the promise of a bed and as soon as I entered a ward, they told me pointing at a small chair SIT THERE, no explanation. I walked again.

EXCELLENT - WELL LOOKED AFTER - THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I went to the A&E department with my son at 11.45pm was not seen by a doctor until 9am the next morning. He was called into the A&E dept at 12.10am, had his bloods taken at 1am andwas told there were three people in front of him. He was told at 5am there was one person before him did not see the doctor until 9am. We actually got out of there at 11.45am and had to pay 10 euros for parking. I think this is disgraceful to have to pay when a person is waiting in A&E and it not the patient's fault for the delay.

Unbelievable conditions for patients and staff. Third world hospitals have better conditions! Medical staff very good. Cleaning staff have a total lack of training and need to be supervised. Blood and sick etc... being cleaned by dirty mops swish-swashing it along. ZERO sterilisation. I feel the out-of-hours GP system is a joke. Doctors there send everyone that does not have a minor cold into A&E. Waste of time. Someone needs to look at the total system. Money will not fix this disaster. Why do GPs not all have Ultrasound and ECGs etc? It would take some pressure off the A&Es. Send in an experienced system improvement management that has a proven track record and give them full authority. Ensure they do this through the staff/GPs as they will be able to tell you very quickly what needs to be done. Oh yes, how come places like the Galway Clinic have 30 min waiting time from entry to seeing the consultant?? Go look see and reapply. It CAN be done.

Smell of urine everywhere.

My partner presented at A&E with a serious injury and needed prescription-strength analgesia, yet was discharged with nothing for pain at all, with 72 hours to wait before he could be seen by his GP because it was the beginning of a bank holiday weekend. He was in agony all that bank holiday weekend and Monday.

Radiotherapy nurses were very nice and oncology team lovely.

Forty-two hours waiting on a trolley in corridors, no medication administered until 41st hour when a specialist spoke to and examined me.

My 20-month old daughter arrived in an ambulance with rapidly developing symptoms of gastroenteritis. In spite of a three week old history of random diarrhoea incidents, three last days of continuous diarrhoea, one day of violent vomiting, 38C fever and growing hesitation to eat/drink, she was not admitted into the hospital. We waited four hours for doctor, then two hours for blood test result and were advised to 'continue hydrating her at home, she will be all right'. It was the last moment before severe dehydration would start developing. 15 hours after kick out from the Regional, she was admitted as URGENT into hospital in Poland (we are Polish) and spent 11 days in total in two hospitals. Administration of the Regional refused to fax our daughter's blood results from the previous day. Public healthcare in Limerick is in bits... At each Polish hospital it took 70-90 mins from entry to final decision admission/no admission. During this time all registration done, blood tested, physical exam by paediatrician etc...

We were very upset when our mother died of cancer. However, the care she got was great and in particular Dr O'Leary and Dr James and the nurses minded her so well.

I attended A&E with my 87 year old mother who had fallen and broken a bone. We arrived at 10.30, she saw the doctor at 3.30, had her x-ray at 5.00 and we finally arrived home at 7.30. While all staff - nurses, doctors and care staff - were nice once we got to them, I find it amazing that we couldn't have had our x-ray sooner that night and that we had to wait until 3.30 to order an x-ray for what was obviously a broken bone. Both my mother and I were totally beyond exhausted at the end of it and while she was fortunate to have a trolley to lie on, the amount of time it took for a woman of that age to be seen is crazy. There must be some lack of organisation in the place.

Was due for operation and was kept in hospital over long weekend. Doctor done rounds on the Tuesday and released me, to come back in six weeks time for operation. Was packing my bag to go home, when a nurse stopped me and asked where I was going, and when I said I was released from hospital by doctor, she stopped me there and then and told me that the people from the operating theatre were in the lift with the trolly to take me to surgery. I panicked and said that I needed to get this situation straightened out. I then rang my wife and explained what was happening, she advised me to come home immediately, which I did, and had the operation done in a private hospital.

To even be noticed in this hospital you would need to be at death's door. Nurses and doctors are very cold towards their patients. After waiting almost nine hours to see a doctor I was told I was ok and I could go home. As a result I am now going to another hospital. How one can be discharged from hospital with chest pain and trouble breathing is an absolute joke.