Over 400 Hundred thousand euro collected in North West Hospital car parking charges in 2023

A new report claims that over four hundred and forty five thousand euro has been taken in car parking charges at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals in 2023. The data published by Irish Country Living claim the charges are adding to the financial burden experienced by patients and their families. Nationally Irish hospitals took in 15.7 million euro in car parking fees in 2023. Campaigners against the fees say they are still waiting for Simon Harris to live up to his 2020 promise of capping the prices to 10 euro a day. 132, 882 euro was collected at Letterkenny LUH in 2023 while 312, 256 was taken in at Sligo University Hospital Ciara Leahy is the Editor of Irish Country Living and says the prices can vary wildly across the country.