Mags McCarthy's address to TDs comes as Cork patients speak about the ordeal of having to travel to Galway and Dublin for treatment

The clinical director at CUH has strongly advocated for the post to be filled and CUH has listed it as a priority vacancy, but it is still awaiting national HSE approval.

A spokesperson for HSE South West told The Echo: 'The hospital does not maintain electronic records of e-scooter-related incidents, so this information is not available'

Changes to Cork University Maternity Hospital’s (CUMH) 'Domino' service have been shared with expectant mothers at appointments this week.

Last month, hospital CEO Jennifer Kearney told the HSE the hospital faced a shortage of more than 1,000 staff, with increasing safety risks as a result.

In a letter sent to the HSE in August, the chief executive of CUH Jennifer Kearney called for an immediate escalation of the CUH workforce.

MELODY trial will offer eligible patients the opportunity to take part in research that could help shape the future of cancer care in Ireland

Elaine Delea is now overdue a mole screening and that she will have no choice but to get a private screening done.

Ms Ryan was responding to ongoing concerns regarding staffing levels at CUH, where management, consultants, nurses, and other frontline staff have raised issues.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses. 

Irish hospitals experienced their most overcrowded August ever.

The hospital's CEO Jennifer Kearney has asked for the approval of a minimum of 172 priority posts ahead of winter, a fraction of the total figure of more than 1,050 posts which are currently vacant.

Hospital management was “asked to significantly reduce its list of approximately 120 prioritised posts, with the rationale that the number would ‘not look good nationally’," the chief executive said.