CANCER patients in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow have access to more than four times the number of cancer specialists as people in the rest of the country.

PARENTS have been warned not to be complacent in the battle against meningitis, as figures just released show a 20% increase in the disease in Cork and Kerry.

NURSES close to burn-out gave hospital managers one week last night to solve a beds crisis in a new €30 million accident and emergency unit.

CORK’S image as Europe’s cultural capital took another bashing yesterday as the city’s waste row entered its second week.