[3] Improvements to the existing facilities were completed under the auspices of the South Eastern Health Board during the 1970s.

Land beside the Newtown Road in Carricklawn close to the County Hospital was made available.

[4] It had been originally intended to demolish the old hospital building, but it was designated as a protected structure, preventing its demolition.

[7] In 2013 it was listed in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013, subsequently enacted as the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, as one of the institutions where abortions are authorized to be carried out under the Act.

[11] On 1 March 2023, a large fire broke out in the hospital, resulting in a major emergency being declared and four wards, including the ICU, and over 200 patients being evacuated.