Casual Christmas flings by people who went further than a kiss under the mistletoe have led to a record spike in calls to STI clinics.

One of Cork’s most popular DJs suffered a massive heart attack after taking speed, an inquest heard yesterday.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a young woman as she walked home early this morning.

THE Health Service Executive is abandoning a plan to shut the emergency department at Mallow General Hospital from this month because alternative services are not yet in place.

CORK University Hospital and Kerry General Hospital have been rewarded for good levels of efficiency — by more than €2 million.

THE Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is to carry out another assessment of breast cancer services at Cork University Hospital (CUH) amid concerns the hospital’s breast cancer unit is struggling to meet demands put on it after the transfer of services from the city’s South Infirmary Victoria Hospital.

Catherine Shanahan says the HSE was as surprised as anyone by move to investigate Cork hospital

AN elderly pensioner suffering from dementia was forced to use a vital hospital bed for six months because no adequate step-down services were available.

MORE than 1,300 women with suspected breast cancer were not referred to the appropriate specialist service within the recommended two-week timeframe set down by the independent health watchdog.

A GENETIC test for a blood disorder has been developed by a Cork hospital that will save the taxpayer millions of euro in the long-term.

CORK University Hospital has developed a test for a blood disorder which will save the taxpayer millions of euro, it has emerged.

AN ELDERLY woman suffered irreversible brain damage after a freak choking incident at a sheltered housing unit, an inquest heard yesterday.

THE family of a woman who died from hospital-acquired superbugs criticised the health service yesterday and said they were kept in the dark about her condition.

A woman affected by the breast cancer crisis shares her story and who she feels is to blame.

LONG-AWAITED breast screening facilities for the west and south of the country took another step forward yesterday with an advertisement for mammography equipment for Cork and Galway.

TALKS between two of Cork’s biggest hospitals could result in a blueprint for a new city hospital within months, it has emerged.

MORE radiography places are needed in the country’s universities to fill specialist staff positions as plans advance for the expansion of BreastCheck throughout the southern region, Waterford Fianna Fáil TD Ollie Wilkinson has said.