14 January 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Irish Heart Foundation is urging the estimated 10,000 people living with heart failure in Cork to engage with new supports it has established during Covid-19 restrictions. The charity has responded to a sense of isolation felt by people living with heart failure, a condition which has a... Read More
13 January 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork East TD and member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality and Disability, Seán Sherlock has called on the Government and the Minister for Housing to examine using Ministerial directives under the Planning Act to halt any developments on Mother & Baby Homes like Bessborough and... Read More
11 January 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Are some Member States more equal than others in EU vaccines programme? – MEP Kelleher Cork based Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said that the European Union Commission has a number of serious questions to answer in relation to its Vaccine Purchase Programme. Kelleher was commenting, as... Read More
9 January 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie SVP South West “humbled” by public support as over €260,000 raised from annual car draw St Vincent De Paul – South West has paid tribute to the public for its “phenomenal” support of its annual Car Draw in association with Ford dealership; CAB Motor Company. The charity revealed... Read More
4 January 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Today’s evening Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6 additional deaths related to COVID-19. There has been a total of 2,265 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland since the pandemic began in early 2020. As of midnight,... Read More
3 January 2021 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland’s hospitals are now under “extreme” pressure due to a surge in COVID cases, the INMO has warned The union has been contacted by concerned frontline members across the country this weekend, pointing to a major increase in the number of patients presenting, along with high levels of... Read More
3 January 2021, 5.53pm By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “Act as though you are infectious. Stay at home. Work from home starting from tomorrow, and if you are an employer, ask your employees to work at home.” says Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified... Read More
3 January 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The South/South West Hospital Group have issued a statement to say that the Emergency Department at Cork University Hospital (CUH) is “exceptionally busy today and over the last number of days”. Due to this increased level of activity and subsequent admissions, it is regrettable that some patients may... Read More
30 December 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Deputy Colm Burke, Fine Gael’s Health spokesperson, said, “Concerns have been raised by medical professionals and the WHO over prevalent numbers of people of all ages who are suffering complications to their health due to their Covid diagnosis, a condition that has been referred to as ‘Long Covid’.... Read More
29 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Just before the festive season, Cork’s Sexual Health Network launched the ‘#AFewHomeTruths’ campaign on billboards around Cork city and on MySexualHealth.ie. The campaign seeks to raise awareness about various sexual health issues that affect people in Cork, and to signpost to the relevant support services. The campaign’s distinctive... Read More
28 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19. There has been a total of 2,205 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Sunday 27th December, the HPSC has been notified of 765 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now... Read More