Plans to expand life-saving stroke treatment at Cork University Hospital (CUH) face a major delay because of difficulties filling a key consultant post.

The mother of teenager Jack Downey who died after he took a substance at the Indiependence Festival in Co Cork in August is to participate in the Tipperary Ladies Mini Marathon in order to raise funds for the intensive care unit (ICU) where her son died.

When David Peschier was taken ill during his summer holiday in Kinsale, his next stop was the emergency department at Cork University Hospital, where he eventually found himself on a trolley. He asked the Irish Examiner to print his account of his stay.

In the scrum for funds that characterises an increasingly competitive charity sector, having an ambassador of the calibre of Peter O’Mahony is just what the doctor ordered.

Documents with sensitive patient data identifying children and adults, details of surgical procedures, and reasons for missing appointments have been found on a busy city-centre street in Cork.

The number of patients able to access a treatment shown to cure stroke could increase fourfold at Cork University Hospital (CUH) when it extends the hours the service is available from next July.

Patients going into Cork University Hospital (CUH) on Monday night were greeted by a poster telling them the hospital and its emergency department were in a state of ‘black escalation’ — which means it was not safe.

A 'black escalation level' had to be declared at Cork University Hospital (CUH) as there was such a severe backlog of patients in the emergency department.

There are 519 patients are on trolleys in hospitals across the country today, according to the latest figures from the INMO.

A ward at Cork University Hospital (CUH) affected by an outbreak of a deadly superbug was re-opened to admissions against the advice of the infection control team.

The health watchdog says Cork University Hospital is not doing enough to tackle a potentially deadly superbug.

Any escalation of the nurses’ strike could compromise patient safety, the head of medicine at one of the country’s busiest hospitals has warned.

Plans to build a helipad at Cork University Hospital have been temporarily grounded after Cork City Council planners sought further information about the development.

A carer has highlighted the chaotic scenes in the Emergency Department (ED) at Cork University Hospital, describing how a vulnerable person spent more than two days on a trolley.

A maternity hospital which had the worst waiting list in the country for outpatient gynaecology services has launched a five-day blitz to reduce by 500 the number waiting for treatment.

You could call his approach ‘novel’, the notion of hosting a book club at locations where people are temporarily constrained, but Sebastian Barry is no stranger to creativity.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a 16-year-old girl was left fighting for her life after being hit by a car in Ballincollig, Co Cork.

A sister of a man who has been left paralysed after a simple fall from a ladder is appealing to others to put safety first when using them.

Major events with multiple fatalities have featured in the history of CUH, writes Denise O’Donoghue

Many of the staff at CUH — dubbed the ‘Wilton Hilton’ — have been there since it first opened, writes Denise O’Donoghue.

The ambition for CUH to develop to become a ‘great hospital’ is both real and attainable, writes Tony McNamara.

Every society can point to developments that consolidated its economic and human progress.

Cork University Hospital is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, having first opened on November 30, 1978.

Management at Cork University Hospital (CUH) has admitted being aware “for some time” of issues relating to the delivery of its Symptomatic Breast Service.

Three out of four emergency department (ED) staff in an Irish hospital met the criteria for burnout, according to a new study.

Patients prepping for major heart surgery at Cork University Hospital are to be involved in a pre-operative “work-up”.

Almost 400 patients are on trolleys in hospitals around the country today, according to the INMO.

370 people are waiting on hospital trolleys across the country this afternoon.

Three people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a two-car head-on crash on the N25 in East Cork.

439 people are on trolleys in hospitals across the country today.

He was minutes from death after going into cardiac arrest near the top of Blarney Castle last Friday.

The US tourist who was airlifted from the top of Blarney Castle after going into cardiac arrest has issued an emotional thank you to the people who saved his life.

An outspoken emergency medicine consultant has described working in an emergency department (ED) as “a bit like working in a human landfill site” where waiting rooms are increasingly like “refugee camps”.

Pest control companies attended Cork University Hospital more than 120 times last year to battle infestations of rodents and creepy-crawlies in areas including a cancer ward and maternity unit.

Embarrassment was one of the emotions I experienced this week in an emergency department (ED).

There were 649 patients on trolleys in emergency departments or on wards waiting for a hospital bed yesterday, a decrease of just 65 on Monday’s record high of 714.