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The Waterford runner cannot compete due to a vomiting bug.
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Members of the public needing less urgent treatment have also been asked to avail, where possible, of other care services.
This follows the outbreak of the winter vomiting bug at the hospital.
Emergency services continue to operate as normal as the hospital deals with a norovirus outbreak.
The bug is highly contagious and the hospital is working to stop it spreading.
The restrictions were put in place on 15 December.
The hospital said they are under tremendous pressure and cannot afford to lose beds because of virus outbreaks.
The hospital has asked all visitors to stay away as incidences of the winter vomiting bug increase in the community.
Last Friday the hospital introduced visiting restrictions but has now stepped this up.
There has been a rise in the number of people with the virus in the community over the past number of weeks.
The bug has also hit Waterford Regional Hospital and St Patrick’s Hospital, leading to full bans on visitors.
Restrictions are still place in Limerick and Cavan though the number of reported cases have significantly declined.
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Relatives of very ill patients are asked to contact the hospital in advance of visits and no children are allowed to visit until further notice.
The call to stop it spreading comes after 300 cases were recorded in the last two weeks.
Visiting restrictions are in place at the hospital in response to a “particularly virulent” form of the winter vomiting bug.
An outbreak of the winter vomiting bug means the hospital has introduced visiting restrictions, including to emergency wards.
There are suspected cases of Norovirus (vomiting bug) at the hospital.
The hospital says no children should be brought in as visitors and that people should avoid unnecessary visits to the hospital.
The number of outbreaks of the winter vomiting bug in the first week of 2012 is more than double the rate from last year.
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Visitors have been urged to stay away from Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, where a number of wards are affected.
St Vincent’s University and Beaumont hospitals have both been affected by an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.
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There have been 11 new cases of the bug at two Dublin hospitals in the last 24 hours.
The two Dublin hospitals are advising against all non-essential visits after an outbreak of a winter vomiting bug.
Forty-two patients and some staff have already been hit by the winter vomiting bug – so only essential visits are allowed to the Dublin hospital.