Shannondoc has been in place since 2002. Yesterday, manager of the service, Larry Maher, said the roll-out of the scheme across Limerick city had been agreed in principle with the HSE.

LIMERICK city doctors are drawing up new proposals which they will bring to the Health Service Executive and the Shannondoc coop about out of hours cover in the city. More than 125 GPs in County ...

Shannondoc provides primary medical cover for GPs during out-of-surgery hours for the midwest, excluding the Limerick city area, and the accounts show last year, the service dealt with 95,217 calls.

The row between Shannondoc and the HSE centres on funding to cover "red eye" costs and the vital expansion of the service to Limerick city. The out-of-hours co-op, which comprises 126 GPs ...