16 September 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Making a Difference with #Team Mercy Join the Mercy University Hospital Foundation for this year’s Women’s Mini Marathon on Sunday, September 22nd With Cork’s annual Women’s Mini Marathon on the horizon, The Mercy University Hospital Foundation is now inviting you to join the 2019 #TeamMercy and be part... Read More
15 September 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of a cross-agency initiative between the HSE, National Ambulance Service and An Garda Síochana life-saving heart defilbrators have been successfully installed in Garda stations across Cork County. These include stations in: Bantry, Bandon, Skibberean, Kinsale, Clonakilty, Castletownbere, and Kilbrittain. The HSE supplied the heart defilbrator devices, while full... Read More
12 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Three Speed: Heineken Ireland trio get into gear to raise funds for Pieta House Three Heineken Ireland employees, Peter Furlong, Jer O’Callaghan and Kieran Brennan, have set off today on an epic two-wheeled journey that will see them cycle nearly 1,000km from HEINEKEN Ireland ’s Leitrim Street brewery... Read More
8 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Currently undergoing three weeks of altitude training in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Cobh man Trevor Cummins is applying the final touches to his preparations ahead of his participation in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, September 29th. The strength and conditioning coach, who last year completed the Amsterdam Marathon and... Read More
3 September 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Will you join #TeamMercy this year on 22nd September? Last year more than 100 enthusiastic lads and lassies joined #TeamMercy for the Cork Mini Marathon. Hailed as Munster’s premier 4-mile road race, the Cork Mini Marathon is set to be another huge success this year. Proceeds raised will... Read More
15 August 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) has recently become Ireland’s first fully digital hospital. All women interacting with CUMH for gynaecology services will have a complete electronic health record, enabling the rapid sharing of clinical information to those providing care for the over 18,000 patients who attend each year.... Read More
Almost 5,000 cardiac interventions undertaken at Mater Private Hospital Cork in 2018 – Annual Review
12 August 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Mater Private 2018 Annual Review highlights some of the key services, initiatives and achievements across the Group’s facilities in Cork, Dublin, and Limerick in 2018. Key Highlights 7,531 patients attended Mater Private Emergency Departments in Dublin and Cork – increase of 27% in Cork and 6% in Dublin... Read More
2 August 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The INMO has today (Friday) stated that Cork health services have been plunged into a crisis due to a combination of problems including record overcrowding levels, hundreds of vacant frontline positions, profound shortages in community nursing and chronic recruitment and retention problems. July saw 1,079 patients waiting on... Read More
2 August 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Racecourse will welcome a stellar lineup of racing and fashion in the coming weeks – all in the name of charity as the Mallow track gears up for its raceday in aid of Marymount University Hospital and Hospice on Saturday, August 17th. While the horses battle it... Read More
30 July 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Speaking this morning Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has said that agency staff spending is out of control again for 2019 as Cork University Hospital spend €2.8 million in first five months of the year due to failure to address the recruitment and retention crisis. Teachta Ó... Read More
26 July 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Politics: Community Hospital delays symptomatic of FG failures in health – says Fianna Fail TD Murphy O’Mahony Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says delays to upgrade works at five Community Hospitals across West Cork is further proof of Fine Gael’s mishandling of the... Read More
21 July 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, Jim Daly T.D., earlier this month attended the official launch of a multi-million-euro private investment plan to develop a pioneering Memory Care Village at Oaklodge Nursing Home in Cloyne, Co Cork.... Read More