16 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork South-Central, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has said that the news today that patients on trolleys at Cork University Hospital’s Emergency Department are being moved to already full wards is extremely worrying for both patients and staff. Deputy Ó Laoghaire said, “This is a newly... Read More
14 March 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has just been appointed to the European Parliament’s newly established Health Sub-Committee. Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has been appointed to the newly established Health Sub-Committee in the European Parliament. MEP Clune will be a strong voice on public health issues and believes... Read More
14 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Asking this small question and having one conversation can make a big difference in someone’s life. Hello, How Are You? is a national campaign about connection and engaging in open conversations about mental health. On March 30th, the Hello campaign will invite communities in County Cork to say... Read More
13 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Uisce Éireann, in partnership with Cork County Council, is replacing just over 850m of aged water mains with new modern pipes in Doon Bridge, Boherbue, Co Cork. The project, which will commence this week, will provide a more reliable water supply and reduce the amount of treated drinking... Read More
10 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ready, Set, Sing & Strum! Focus Ireland and Today FM are calling on singers, musicians, performers, and buskers in Cork to join the fight against homelessness through The Big Busk for Focus Ireland, taking place on Friday, 10th March. The Big Busk for Focus Ireland was launched by... Read More
28 February 2023 By Tony Forde tony@TheCork.ie Brief news in photos About BioMarin BioMarin is a global biopharmaceutical company and world leader in developing and commercialising first- or best-in-class therapies for rare genetic diseases. In 2012, the site at Shanbally, Cork, Ireland opened and became BioMarin’s only manufacturing facility outside of the US. BioMarin has... Read More
27 February 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Christmas Day 2022 saw the 10th, and what would be the final, annual Christmas Swim take place at Myrtleville Beach, in memory of Carrigaline teenager Danny Crowley, who sadly passed away after a tough battle with Leukaemia in 2013. Every year since then, Danny’s friends and family have... Read More
27 February 2023 By Mary Bermingham Mary@TheCork.ie One day festival of events – March 10th Neurofestivity – A Celebration and Exploration is a new one-day festival presented by Cork Opera House featuring work by neurodivergent artists. This inaugural festival will provide a platform to a number of neurodivergent artists across the day and will feature... Read More
24 February 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Community-based and voluntary health and social care providers in County Cork will receive over €9m in once off funding measures to ease cost-of-living pressures. Senator Tim Lombard said ‘This funding was announced on budget day. Since then, the Department of Health has worked with the HSE to finalise... Read More
22 February 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Anam Cara, a national organisation supporting bereaved parents, hold fourteen face to face meetings across the country each and every month. Every parent present at the meetings have many things in common, however the most significant being, the loss of a child. Taking that first step to attend... Read More
21 February 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 65 people on trolleys in Cork University Hospital’s Emergency Dept today which is the highest oy any Hospital in Ireland – according to INMO daily ‘Trolley Watch’ data 663 patients are without beds in Irish hospitals today according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. INMO General Secretary... Read More