The future of hospital services in County Tipperary will become clearer today.
The Cabinet will sign off this morning on the re-organisation of the country's hospitals into six regional groupings.
Health Minister James Reilly says the move will be the biggest reform of the hospital system since the foundation of the state.
The Higgins report has been with the Health Minister for months – he says the fact its only going to be published today is because of his determination to implement it and not let it gather dust on a shelf.
The plan involves all 49 hospitals in six groupings – each will have an academic link to a university and contain at least one teaching hospital.
South Tipperary is likely to be linked with Cork University Hospital along with Waterford Regional.
Nenagh General will continue to be part of the Limerick Regional group.
