THE internal HSE audit into the CUH Foundation has identified €162,000 worth of “potential” donation funding shortfalls for specifically stated projects in the hospital-linked charity.

A HOSPITAL charity, set up without HSE approval, gave non-tendered contracts worth €365,000 to a single company which resulted in donor-specific projects being left unfunded.

CORK people have been urged to help ensure vital frontline services for children, cancer sufferers and the elderly continue by donating a massive €4.5 million to a leading charity over the next three years.

CORK University Hospital’s (CUH) emergency department was swamped with a massive 4,411 patients last month — the highest rate ever recorded at the under-pressure facility.

UP to 569 people forced to wait on trolleys on January 5, and 59 waiting at a single hospital on Monday raise questions about our emergency department crisis.