The latest Covid wave is having a "significant impact" on patients in emergency departments, according to a leading HSE official.

The HSE’s chief clinical officer said 'it is a tough message to get across that people who got Delta last year have no protection'

The chief executive of the Mental Health Commission said they found independent privately-run mental health centres offered a better level of care than HSE-run facilities

'The health service is in perpetual crisis,' David Cullinane said.

Paul Reid said he was making the decision with a heavy heart

The president of the Irish Emergency Medicine Association said there is an "awful lot of exaggeration" as to the extent patients will be impacted by the hospital's Emergency Department changing to a 24/7 medical assessment and injury unit

Assumpta Corry broke down as she told Mr Justice Paul Coffey how for the last 17 years her family had struggled to care for son.

As a result of the brain injury, the 42 year old can never work again, the court heard

A performance management improvement unit of the HSE is to "engage urgently" with University Hospital Limerick

The court heard that while he admitted asking the patient at Cork University Hospital out for coffee and for her phone number he did not know her age, believed her to be an adult, and has apologised for his actions.

Immunologist Professor Paul Moynagh recommended taking an antigen test before attending a gathering where there may be vulnerable people

Safefoods' Dr Aileen McGloin said research showed there are high levels of public support for government-led policies aimed at tackling childhood obesity

The chief clinical officer said the return of mandatory face mask-wearing will only happen if the situation worsens

The current rise in Covid cases was anticipated by health officials and renewed advice on mask-wearing should have been issued before this week, according to a virologist. 

425 admitted patients are waiting for beds across the country with 360 patients waiting in the emergency department, while 65 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Yesterday, 74 admitted patients were waiting for beds at Cork, with 546 patients without a bed nationally. 

Eligible individuals are reminded to get second COVID-19 booster vaccine, with appointments available this week at vaccination centres in Cork and Kerry.

About 150 people attended the meeting which was the first of 39 such meetings scheduled over the coming months.

During its visit to CUH in October 2019, the review team described the hospital’s emergency department triage as “a bottleneck that needs addressing”.

He said that politicians “wax lyrical” about the injustice of the State forcing private citizens to go to the courts to vindicate their rights

The HSE has provided an update on hospital extension projects in Cork. 

While Children Disability Network Teams were set up to facilitate greater access to services such as nursing, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy for children with complex needs - parents in Cork have claimed that this is far from the reality of the situation. Darragh Bermingham reports

Unused or out of date medicine can be disposed of properly at almost all pharmacies in Cork from March 14 to April 22 thanks to a new campaign run by the Cork Kerry Community Healthcare.

The centre had its highest number of vaccination on December 19, when 4,255 doses were administered in a single day. 

HSE figures show 65 people with Covid-19 were being cared for at Cork city hospitals on Tuesday night.

Eligible candidates for the additional vaccination shots are healthcare workers over 30 and members of the public over 40.

The vigil is being organised by a group called ‘Friends of Owenacurra’ which is a group of friends and family rallying to save the specialist centre 'providing for people with severe and enduring mental health problems.'

Mr O’Connor said: “How anyone can accept that, or can make sense of that and try and defend it, which has been so strenuously done by the HSE today, is just not acceptable. It just shows an entire disregard for the needs of the area."

A report last week found the opening of a malicious Microsoft Excel file attached to a phishing email led to the HSE cyberattack

The Cork mother said any major delays in replacing vital pieces of equipment for her son could see Liam return to hospital.

MORE than 8,000 children were waiting for outpatient appointments in Cork hospitals at the end of last month.

A new pop-up Covid-19 test centre has been opened in north Cork. Cork Kerry Community Healthcare said testing was being made available at a pop-up test site at Charleville Primary Care Centre.

A senior HSE figure has warned that the gatherings could “exploit our weakest position” if large groups of unvaccinated people are coming together. It follows reports of crowds gathering in Cork as well as Dublin and Galway at the weekend.

CORK Kerry Community Healthcare has issued an update with regards to their appointments going forward. They have confirmed that most clinics and appointments in primary care centres and health centres are going ahead as normal and as scheduled.

An Garda Síochána has encouraged people who have reason to suspect they are victims of cyber-related crime to contact their local station or the Garda Confidential Line.

A CORK-based consultant medical oncologist has warned that delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic could increase cancer mortality for the next decade.

MORE than 7,500 children were awaiting outpatient appointments at hospitals in Cork at the end of last month, with around a third of them waiting at least 12 months to be seen.

A Cork cyber security expert has said the encryption key is “a ray of hope” but the HSE hack is a “serious wake-up call”.

Hospitals and community health services in Cork are continuing to feel the impacts of the cyber-attack on the HSE, with the HSE’s Chief Operations Officer warning that as day does on, there is a “very significant impact” on services.

The HSE’s Chief Operations Officer has appealed to the public to only present to emergency departments (ED) in the case of an emergency.

SHOCKWAVES from the HSE cyber attack continue to ripple through the country, as families anxiously await news about the fate of medically vulnerable loved ones.

A “significant” ransomware attack on the HSE is impacting Covid-19 test referrals. This morning the HSE said it had shut down all of its IT systems following what it described as a “significant ransomware attack” on the HSE IT systems.

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The Health Service Executive in Ireland has closed down its IT systems after being targeted in what it said was a “significant ransomware attack”. The HSE said it had temporarily shut down its systems as a “precaution”.

A saga impasse reached a resolution on Friday as the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) public health specialists voted to accept “landmark” agreement reached with the Department of Health and the HSE.

The HSE has said that it is seeking clarification from SouthDoc as to a pathway to the full reopening of the Blackpool centre in Cork city.

The move to an age-based system for the Covid-19 vaccination programme will "ultimately deliver for the greater good for everybody", the head of Ireland's health service said.

CORK Kerry Community Healthcare has confirmed that more than 2,000 elderly people who are housebound have been referred for a home vaccination.

TWO security breaches at a Cork hospital have been reported to the HSE, after a woman managed to access a Covid-19 ward twice to visit a patient.

TEXT messages and calls about the Covid vaccination are scams, according to gardaí, the Health Service Executive and the Department of Health. The three agencies have come together to advise the public to ignore such communication.