As the vaccination rollout continues, teams based at the vaccination centre at Cork’s City Hall have today started administering the Covid-19 vaccine to people aged between 65-69.

The launch of a new visitor scheduling app at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) has seen the beginning of the return of some visiting to the hospital.

Almost 50 admitted patients were waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork this morning.

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The number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals has dropped significantly from its peak.  CEO of the HSE Paul Reid highlighted earlier today how the number of people with the virus in hospital had dropped to 147- down from a peak of over 2,000.

A CORK woman who is quarantining after gastric surgery abroad revealed that she had penned farewell letters to her children following a long battle with weight issues.

A spokesperson for the Government has said that State's vaccination priority list has not changed to focus on a younger age cohort.

The HSE Chief Executive has said that it would be ready to make changes to the Covid-19 vaccination programme if the Government was to decide to vaccinate those under the age of 30 sooner.

GPs have urged the public to be patient in seeking appointments and to understand that they have no discretion in deciding the order of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

People in their 60s have “much more to fear” from Covid-19 than they do from the AstraZeneca vaccine, a senior health official has said.

A profoundly disabled girl with cerebral palsy has secured a €23. 5m settlement, the highest ever in a personal injuries action here, over alleged negligence in the circumstances of her birth at St Finbarr’s Hospital, Cork, 16 years ago.

The Public Health Committee of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has agreed to ballot members on a proposed agreement to resolve a 20-year dispute over consultant grade posts in Public Health.

From today, the HSE is inviting aged aged 65 to 69 to register for Covid-19 vaccine.  Over the coming weeks, about 180,000 people aged 65 to 69 will be asked to register for their vaccine on the HSE website.

CORK campaigner Vera Twomey has called for “clarity and fair treatment” for those who need medicinal cannabis in an open letter addressed to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health.

I LOST my values, my morals, my dignity, my self-respect, my confidence, my mental wellbeing, my financial independence, my integrity, property, people’s trust, friends and family — but, most of all, I lost myself.

People at a higher risk of cancer due to their family history are having to wait over a year for tests due to “overstretched” services, a new report by health researchers at University College Cork (UCC) has found.

Walk-in Covid-19 testing for people without any symptoms of the virus is to begin at Randal Óg GAA Club in Dunmanway.

A further 394 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland, the Department of Health said this evening. No further deaths linked to the virus have been recorded.

Cork Kerry Community Healthcare (CKCH) has teamed up with the Cork Deaf Club to ensure Irish Sign Language (ISL) is part of some of their videos.

More than 400 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported in Cork since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest figures published by the Central Statistics Office show that 408 Covid-19 deaths were reported in Cork up to Friday, April 2.

A number of “urgent action plans” were issued by inspectors at a Cork nursing home earlier this year, according to a Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) report.

There have been 14 further Covid-19 related deaths and 455 new cases of the virus confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) this afternoon.

A CORK man is reimagining songs about love and loss to bring comfort to people who are grieving. Devoted father Michael Fitzgerald was with his son, Aodhrua, when Aodhrua succumbed to cancer at just 21 years of age, during Christmas 2013.

A spokesperson from Mallow General Hospital has said that measures have been put in place to ensure that the hospital's medical assessment unit can remain open.

There have been 34 further deaths linked to Covid-19 and an additional 473 confirmed cases, the Department of Health said.  There were 14 new cases reported in Cork, bringing the day moving average for the county to 18.

In the fifth and final part of our organ donation series, Sarah Horgan speaks with Cork transplant recipient Denis Hyland about how the selfless act of his donor's family changed his life. 

A CORK GP has labelled intimidating calls being received by GPs in relation to the vaccine rollout as “unfortunate and upsetting”.

WATCHING your friend fade away because of her eating disorders is a struggle over which you have no control.

Approximately 1,800 home STI test kits have been distributed across Cork, Kerry and Dublin in just over a week. The HSE and SH:24 have partnered to offer the free home test kits as part of a project that has been rolled out in the three counties.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has today been notified of 400 new cases of Covid-19 and seven further deaths related to the virus. It comes following confirmation that Ireland has now administered one million Covid-19 vaccinations.

A COURAGEOUS mum of two in desperate need of a new pancreas and kidney is urging people to sign up for organ donors cards to reduce numbers on the transplant waiting list.

A CORK woman who has suffered with bulimia and anorexia for over a decade fears she will die if she does not get in-patient treatment for her condition.

SouthDoc Blackpool is to begin accepting scheduled appointments later this month, a Cork GP has confirmed.

A Cork public health doctor said she was not aware of a single case of Covid-19, among the 26,000 cases that have occurred in Cork and Kerry since March 2020, where the Covid-19 tracker app led to detection.

THE Independent Scientific Advocacy Group is calling on the Government to revise Ireland’s Covid-19 strategy ahead of what it fears could be a fourth wave of the virus.

A TG4 documentary tackling the difficult subject of miscarriage is set to feature a Cork organisation helping those affected by the issue.

One in six adults in Ireland have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the health minister said. Stephen Donnelly also said that Ireland has one of the lowest rates of Covid-19 in Europe.

A CORK woman has spoken about how she and her brother have become closer after she became a donor to save him from a life on dialysis. Margaret Ryan’s brother, Denis Jackson, was experiencing end-stage kidney failure when she came forward.

Health authorities have been notified of 320 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, bring the number of cases reported in Ireland since the start of the pandemic to 238,466.

Figures from the HSE show there has been a dramatic drop in the number of people with Covid-19 receiving care at hospitals in Cork in recent months.

A CORK woman revealed that her 11-year-old daughter still prays for the man who saved her life with a liver and double kidney donation.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of three additional deaths related to Covid-19. It brings the number of Covid-19 related deaths reported in Ireland since the start of the pandemic to 4,718.

Ireland is on track to hit one million vaccine doses administered within in the next week, according to HSE CEO Paul Reid.

THIS World Autism Day, the public is urged to help raise vital funds to help meet the rapidly growing needs of families requiring support and guidance for children and adults with autism.

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MATER Private Network Cork has become the first hospital in Ireland to be awarded the new seventh edition Gold Standard from the Joint Commission International (JCI) for patient care and organisation management.

Irish world boxing champion Kellie Harrington and track and field Olympian, David Gillick are set to bring their exercise and fitness routines to sitting rooms across the country.

CORK county libraries are offering to alter account details of those waiting on gender recognition certs in a show of solidarity with the local transgender community.

A TOTAL of 21 new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Cork as of midnight last night, with 624 new cases nationally.  234 new Cork cases were identified in Cork over the last 14 days.

ALMOST 400 deaths related to Covid-19 have now been reported in Cork since the beginning of the pandemic.