News of Closure
The HSE announced at the start of March 2010 that all Victorian "asylum" era hospitals in Ireland would be closed by 2012.
In June 2010, the Mental Health Commission ordered St Ita's Hospital to stop the admission of acute patients by 28 February 2011. The Mental Health Commission also ordered St Ita's Hospital to permanently close two units and refurbish another two units by 30 November 2010.
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