18 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mercy University Hospital Foundation has announced that it is on course to fundraise over €2.8million in 2020, which is the largest amount raised by the Foundation in a year since it was set up back in 2007. A significant part of the money raised is in direct... Read More
16 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Employees at Apple’s Cork campus have been putting the final touches on a variety concert which will be broadcast to residents and staff at St. Luke’s Nursing Home and Marymount University Hospice. The one hour concert of live and pre-recorded material will see volunteers bring Christmas cheer through... Read More
16 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork based MEP Deirdre Clune is a Vice-Chair of the European Alzheimer’s Alliance Dementia and Alzheimer care must be recognised as a public health priority, according to MEP Deirdre Clune. MEP Clune said measures are being considered at the EU to help to improve the care of people... Read More
15 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Download your free Christmas Recipes Downloadable Booklet before December 18th at https://ballymaloefoods.ie/christmas-ballymaloe/ The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges this Christmas, and it has been exceptionally hard for individuals and charities. Christmas has historically been a critical time when it comes to fundraising and will now take on added... Read More
14 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister for Health to assist patients with access to prescribed medical cannabis products The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has today announced that patients who are prescribed medical cannabis products will no longer need to travel to the Netherlands to collect their medication. Prior to COVID-19 pandemic, patients... Read More
14 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘Student nurses’ are ‘nursing students’ who are in a clinical setting – in Ireland, they are not paid. If they were paid where would the money come from? Would already graduated nurses seek back pay? The Government certainly has many issues to consider before making any change, but... Read More
11 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Taoiseach Micheál Martin has welcomed news in relation to Development of the Paediatric Unit at Cork University Hospital. Capital approval on Phase 2 of the Paediatric Department at CUH has progressed and will provide 74 replacement beds, 50 children beds, and 24 infant beds, 4 HDU Beds and... Read More
7 December 2020 By Roger L Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Enable Ireland have launched an exciting fundraiser – winahousecork.ie tickets €100 each – which the charity hopes will grab the public’s interest and raise much-needed funds for their disability services. The charity, which provides services to over 9,200 children and adults with disabilities, was granted a licence... Read More
7 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie MyMind, jumpAgrade and Mobility Mojo to receive €50,000 each to scale their solutions to social problems MyMind, a social enterprise providing affordable and accessible counselling, with an office in The Lough, Cork (previously on Dyke Parade in the City Centre), was one of three organisations announced today as... Read More
7 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Christmas is a time for family and friends, for sharing, celebrating and, all too often, overindulging. While COVID19 restrictions mean that things will somewhat different this year – the challenges for people who have coeliac disease or are gluten intolerant remains the same: how to avoid becoming ill... Read More
7 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Moynihan welcomes major investment at Mallow General Hospital Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Michael Moynihan has welcomed the news that a new Acute Medical Unit will be built at Mallow General Hospital. “I am absolutely delighted to welcome this massive investment in Mallow General Hospital, and... Read More
7 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Around 500,000 people in Ireland have invisible disabilities, that’s 8 in 10 of everyone living with disabilities here. Bus Éireann is “proud to support the JAM Card” which allows people with a learning difficulty, autism, or any condition where communication can be a barrier to relay to others... Read More