22 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind’s annual car raffle will see one lucky driver become the owner of a 2025 Citroën C4 PLUS Hybrid 136 e-DCS6 (Hybrid 48V) Tickets cost just €5 and can be purchased online at www.guidedogs.ie or at events run locally by our nationwide volunteer fundraising Branches.... Read More
20 September 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The HSE wishes to clarify that there is no reduction of NAS services currently or planned in the HSE South West region. Rather, the HSE NAS has deployed additional staff over the last 12 months. In summary: There is no reduction in the emergency ambulance service provided in... Read More
20 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Homelessness continues to increase here in Cork 553 men and women were depending on emergency accommodation in Cork last July. The worst it’s ever been. That doesn’t include people who have no choice but to sleep rough because emergency shelters are full. Every night. “Out on the street is no place for... Read More
18 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire today raised with the Taoiseach Simon Harris his concern regarding the mooted cuts to ambulance services in Cork and Kerry. Speaking in the Dáil today the Cork South Central TD said that while the proposed cuts had been put on ice,... Read More
16 September 2024 By Mary Bermimgham mary@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin councillor for Cork City South West, Joe Lynch, has expressed serious concerns over plans by the National Ambulance Service to curtail ambulance cover across county Cork. Cllr. Lynch said: “The proposal by the National Ambulance Service to reduce ambulance cover across the county will be very... Read More
16 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Physiotherapist, Shane Hennessy said we are on the cusp of a major chronic pain crisis in Ireland Laser Medical, a Cork based company, has announced the opening of a new high powered laser clinic. The clinic, which is based in Ballincollig is the first of its kind in... Read More
14 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A new year, in terms of the school term, has begun and schoolbags have reappeared. The holidays have been taken and the long evenings shorten. September can be a very difficult month for bereaved parents. Many milestones are achieved during the month, many milestones their beloved child will... Read More
13 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Bon Secours Hospital Cork is proud to announce the opening of a new Heart and Lung Centre. This new Centre will offer a full range of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeries under the clinical leadership of Mr Kishore Doddakula, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon. With treatments covered by VHI, Laya and... Read More
13 September 2024 By Mary Bermimgham mary@TheCork.ie CEO of Cork University Hospital, Mr David Donegan since 2022 is to move to Velindre University NHS Trust in Cardiff, Wales The South/South West Hospital Group can confirm that Mr David Donegan, the CEO of Cork University Hospital (CUH), has announced his decision to step down from his... Read More
13 September 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie National Services Day is a day dedicated to honouring the extraordinary men and women who serve on the frontline of emergency and security services, providing vital care to communities across the nation. Mahon Point will be at the heart of Cork’s celebrations for this year’s National Services Day.... Read More
11 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Over 8,000 Uisce Éireann’s customers in Fermoy and Killavullen in County Cork will welcome the recent news that their water supply has been removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of vulnerable water supplies. Uisce Éireann recently completed upgrade works at Coolrue Water Treatment Plant (WTP)... Read More
11 September 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie When It Comes to Your Breasts, It’s Important to Know Your Normal – says Dr Monica, Green Party Candidate for Cork South Central As Breast Cancer Awareness Month approaches, Dr Monica Oikeh, a healthcare advocate and Green Party candidate for Cork South Central, is reminding the public of... Read More