Catherine Shanahan
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Paul Reid interview: Death of health staff is HSE boss's low point of Covid-19
The death of HSE staff has been the lowest point in the Covid-19 crisis for health service chief Paul Reid, but he admits the one positive to emerge from the pandemic has been a greater public appreciation of the HSE brand. → Read More
Death of health staff is HSE boss's low point of Covid-19
The death of HSE staff has been the lowest point in the Covid-19 crisis for health service chief Paul Reid, but he admits the one positive to emerge from the pandemic has been a greater public appreciation of the HSE brand. → Read More
'Bizarre' drop off in suspected stroke patients
A doctor with the expertise to save stroke patients from a life of disability has described as “bizarre” the drop-off in patients attending Cork University Hospital (CUH) with stroke symptoms during February and March. → Read More
90th birthday party kiboshed, but Kay hopeful of better days
Cocooning hasn’t played havoc with her life, says Kay Keating, apart from putting the kibosh on her attempts to celebrate her 90th birthday. → Read More
'I will finally feel free': Cocooner Nuala welcomes relaxation of restrictions
Her travel plans were ambitious, but her hopes were modest: Nuala Barry just wanted to walk out her gate “and feel free” for the first time in almost six weeks. → Read More
Cork woman takes break from swingball to visit park after five weeks of cocooning
The “thwock” of a tennis ball smashing against a racket has become a familiar sound in Beechwood Park in Ballinlough, Cork city as Hannah Kirby makes the most of swingball to maintain her daily exercise regime. → Read More
CUH staff warned not to wear scrubs in shops
Staff at Cork University Hospital (CUH) have been warned not to wear their scrubs in supermarkets due to a rising number of complaints from members of the public. → Read More
Just 33 of 4,000 staff at CUH test positive for virus
Just 33 members of a 4,000-strong workforce at Cork University Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19. → Read More
Number who can’t repay debt set to surge
An insolvency expert is predicting a “dam burst” in the number of households unable to make mortgage payments as a result of the Covid-19 crisis in the coming months. → Read More
Nurses call for special overtime allowance to be reinstated
Nurses at Cork University Hospital (CUH) and the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) have appealed to their employers to reinstate a special overtime arrangement introduced earlier in the year to address the trolley crisis, but which ended last week. → Read More
Army helped transfer cancer equipment from the Mercy Hospital to new oncology day ward in UCC
A novel approach to reducing the risk to cancer patients of contracting Covid-19 has seen the oncology day ward at the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) transfer lock, stock and barrel to a simulated nursing centre at University College Cork (UCC). → Read More
#selfisolationhelp: 8,000 volunteers sign up to help most in need
Almost 8,000 volunteers have signed up to a support system designed to mobilise members of the community to help those in need during the coronavirus outbreak. → Read More
Bon Secours looking for pan-hospital approach to fight coronavirus in Cork
Bon Secours Hospital Cork bosses have written to Cork University Hospital management calling for a pan-hospital approach to fighting Covid-19. → Read More
No need to stockpile medicines ahead of Brexit, says Health Products Regulatory Authority
There is no need for patients, hospitals or healthcare professionals to stockpile medicines ahead of Brexit, according to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). → Read More
'Dr Google was right... I had Multiple Sclerosis'
There were lots of little things, Emma Valentine says, inconsequential in isolation, but when taken together, added up to something far bigger than the sum of its parts. → Read More
Call for safety zones ahead of planned 40-day vigil by pro-life anti-abortion group
The National Women’s Council of Ireland is calling for the urgent introduction of safety zone legislation ahead of a planned 40-day prayer vigil outside the National Maternity Hospital by campaigners opposed to abortion. → Read More
Family turn up at antiques gig with Ming masterpiece
It was an Antiques Roadshow kinda moment when a Cork family showed up at an evaluation event in Blarney Castle last weekend with a vase they thought might be worth a couple of thousand. → Read More
Brittany Ferries sailing for 300 passengers cancelled hours before crossing
The travel plans of 300 passengers have been disrupted this weekend following the last-minute cancellation of Brittany Ferries sailings between Cork and Santander. → Read More
Tusla staff were overpaid over €1m last year: report
Staff at Tusla were overpaid by €1.145m last year because the agency has yet to figure out how to prevent over- payments five years after it was established. → Read More
Shopping centre to be partially demolished after car park blaze
Fire officers described the damage to Douglas Village Shopping Centre as “a major structural failure” as plans for partial demolition were announced. → Read More