Declan Kelly’s international public relations firm Teneo has bought the Co Clare- based Bridge PR — whose accounts include the Shannon Airport-and-heritage-owner Shannon Group, Limerick local authorities, and the Bon Secours private hospital in Cork.

THE HSE has said it “aims” to see women in Cork during the first 12-14 weeks of their pregnancy, despite long-term claims of severe overcrowding at the county’s multi-million euro maternity hospital.

HEALTH service management have refused to publish a report into chronic capacity problems at Cork University Maternity Hospital.

The widow of a solicitor who died after an operation to prevent blushing yesterday settled a High Court action for damages for €5m.

BLOCKED drains were blamed yesterday for a delay in treatment for certain cancer patients in Cork.