THE controversial investigation into Mallow General Hospital (MGH), which could result in the facility being severely downgraded or closed, is not based on any formal complaint by patients or medical staff.

THE state’s independent health watchdog will announce the terms of reference for its inquiry into Mallow General Hospital today.

AN INQUIRY is being called for into why the new A&E unit at Mercy University Hospital Cork will not open until next March, despite having been completed 14 months ago.