An MEP has accused the HSE of dragging its feet on the implementation of an EU directive that allows patients claim back money for medical treatment abroad.

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Counting will resume in Cork and Castlebar this morning as efforts to elect four MEP's in Ireland South and Midlands North West continues.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to announce hundreds of new jobs for Cork tomorrow, according to local media reports.

FIANNA FÁIL leader Micheál Martin has just over two weeks to save his party’s second seat on his own turf in Cork South Central.