Up to 100 staff at Cork University Hospital are now in self-isolation as a result of a case of coronavirus identified in a patient there last week.

Strict visitor restrictions have been implemented in more than 20 hospitals around the country amid coronavirus fears.

Infection outbreak signs have been erected outside the emergency department at Cork University Hospital. No visitors are allowed into the busy unit.

The fire brigade should respond to heart attack emergencies in Waterford until a 24/7 cardiac care facility is developed.

A day after a 62-year-old man was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old in her hospital bed, CUH was asked what changes it brought in as a result of the horrific case.

Andrew O’Donovan of Butlersgift, Drimoleague, County Cork, was given an 18-month suspended jail term for sexual assault — his first criminal conviction of any kind.

In a joint statement, the union and health authority say extra measures have now been put in place to improve bed capacity.

Plans for a review of mortuary services at University Hospital Waterford are being finalised and the final report will be available in September, Health Minister Simon Harris has announced.

Four consultants at the centre of the Waterford hospital morgue crisis had warned, in a second letter in March, they may have to cancel services to the hospital over its morgue scandal.

The Government's response to claims about the state of University Hospital Waterford's mortuary has been described as "alarming" by a group representing over 90% of hospital consultants.

Vicky Phelan has slammed reports that hospital chiefs claim they did not receive complaints about how bodies are stored in its mortuary.

University Hospital Waterford has said there is no evidence to substantiate claims made by consultants of poor and dangerous mortuary facilities at the hospital.

The South/South West Hospital Group has said it has not received any complaint from the public or an incident report from staff over the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford.

A mobile refrigerated unit will be onsite at University Hospital Waterford within the next two weeks after it emerged there is not enough capacity at its mortuary.

There is as yet no clarity around the “interim arrangements” the HSE said it is examining in order to address intolerable conditions in the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford (UHW).

The HSE is failing both the living and the dead in the South East says the PRO for Health Equality, Matt Shanahan.

The newborn baby that was injured at Cork University Maternity Hospital this week has died.

Twenty-four women who attended the cancer centre at Cork University Hospital and 16 from University Hospital Waterford are among the 209 nationally who were failed by smear tests.

The number of patients recalled at University Hospital Kerry for repeat scan procedures has increased substantially in a week, and the number of missed diagnoses has also gone up.

A review is being conducted of more than 46,000 x-rays, CAT scans and ultrasounds at University Hospital Kerry.

People suffering from poor vision because of cataracts are waiting on public lists so long they are in danger of going blind, it has been claimed.

It will be September at the earliest before an office-hours-only mobile catheterisation lab is in place at University Hospital Waterford (UHW), where almost 600 patients are awaiting cath procedures (a procedure used to diagnose and treat cardiovascular conditions).

The HSE has been strongly criticised for the slow progress in reinstating a helipad at Cork University Hospital — Ireland’s only level 1 trauma centre.

Obstetricians “do not need to be in the vanguard” of the debate around repealing the Eight Amendment, according to the new clinical director for maternity services in the South/South West Hospital Group (SSWHG).

The lack of a dedicated obstetric theatre in University Hospital Kerry (UHK) poses the greatest risk to patient safety and care, according to documents obtained by the Irish Examiner.

Health Minister Simon Harris is basing his decision to cut cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) on a flawed and invalid report.

The HSE has no timeframe for the replacement of a busy children’s hospital ward which has been condemned as “not fit for purpose”.

St Stephen’s Day has lived up to its reputation as a busy one for hospitals, with figures from emergency departments around the country showing a spike in presentations the day after Christmas.

Six sites have been shortlisted as possible locations for a €300m hospital in Cork City to facilitate the merger of two of the region’s busiest hospitals.

A man recovering in a major hospital from a stent procedure died after complaining of chest pains and being told a consultant would not be available to see him until the following day, his family have said.

The HSE South continues to pay taxis and couriers to transport blood samples, breast milk and human tissue even though a motorcycle charity has been lobbying for almost a year to provide the service free of charge.