Internal records said Tallaght University Hospital was dealing with a 'very active and resistant outbreak'

Denis Dennehy died at University Hospital Kerry in November 2016, just weeks after undergoing knee replacement surgery there

Eleven new cases of a superbug were reported in Cork hospitals in October, it has been revealed. Carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is the newest in a long line of 'superbugs' (bacteria that are hard to kill with antibiotics).