Hundreds of children with disabilities in the mid west have been left without crucial physiotherapy after a hydrotherapy pool in Limerick was forced to close.
The €4.6 million euro facility was built in 2008 using charitable donations.
But St Gabriel's Hydrotherapy pool has now been forced to close after structural anomalies were identified.
It now faces a 140 thousand euro repair bill before it can reopen.
From Limerick, David Raleigh reports: