Taxpayers’ money is being spent on massive HSE staff overpayments, lucrative non-tendered contracts for ex-workers, credit cards given to non-HSE employees, and “blank cheque” payouts within the health service.

Almost a thousand young children in North Cork are being put at risk of serious illnesses due to an extremely low take-up of the potentially lifesaving MMR and 4-in-1 vaccines.

THOUSANDS of euro in fines have been handed out to businesses and private individuals found guilty of breaching the smoking ban, with one pub being hit with a huge €2,500 penalty in the past 12 months.