The sister of a baby boy who died in Bessborough only found out that he was buried in a former famine grave via the Commission's burials report.

The number of patients able to access a treatment shown to cure stroke could increase fourfold at Cork University Hospital (CUH) when it extends the hours the service is available from next July.

Patrick White, who was in his mid-40s, was a well-known face on the labour ward at CUMH and further afield.

Exercise of any sort — including a brisk walk — plays a big part in cognitive and physical health as we get older, writes Margaret Jennings.

The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) has said it was “not aware” that a formerly accredited adoption agency owned an unmarked grave in which children were buried as late as 1990.

Children from the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, some of whom died as late as 1990, are buried in unmarked graves in a Cork City cemetery.

Homeless people are 30 times more likely to self-harm than those living in fixed residences, according to a new study analysing five years of hospital presentations.

Many people involved in the health service are not happy with the overall quality of the policy-making process regarding how emergency services are configured and are also dissatisfied with the level of public debate on the issue, a study has found.

There was great potential in the iconic St Kevin’s asylum, writes Kieran McCarthy.

A mental health nurse who shared the confidential medical notes of a psychiatric patient with her boss over a dispute with another nurse was yesterday the subject of a disciplinary hearing.

Anne O’Hea, occupational therapist at Mercy University Hospital, Cork.

Whether it’s raising funds for a nearby hospital or contributing to the education of six to eight-year-olds in the local school, Ballyphehane ICA Guild is all about giving back to the community.

An unannounced inspection of a mental health unit for elderly patients found there was no access to a ‘crash cart’ despite some having conditions that increase the risk of cardiac arrest.

Billed as a prospect for a first-time buyer, and priced at €235,000, there’s every chance yet that Shalamar will be bought by a trader down, or a trader-in, driven by it location.

VICTORIAN terraces on either side of this Douglas Road home get their names from trees.

A 10-year-old boy who, it was claimed, suffered brain damage at birth in a Cork hospital has settled his action against the HSE with an interim payout of €2m.

Health watchdog Hiqa has raised concerns over how allegations of abuse at a nursing home were managed.

A HEATWAVE was promised for this week - but, as much heat will be generated by a flurry of auction action. 

It’s nearly 60 years since the polio epidemic struck fear into the heart of middle Ireland. It’s still not over, says Aileen Lee, for the hundreds of sufferers still affected by the disease

Location on the city end of Cork’s Ballinlough Road is paired with that old chestnut — potential — as key selling points for this two-bed townhouse.

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.

The Health Service Executive has moved to allay fears of widespread closure of nursing homes that do not meet the standards set out by the health watchdog.

IN one of the biggest office deals in recent years in Cork, the Department of Social Protection has leased the 35,000 sq ft Abbeycourt House, on George’s Quay, to serve the roll-out of its Intreo employment-and-income supports services.

Given that the Government has committed to consulting a wide range of opinion regarding the scope of the Commission of Investigation into mother-and-baby homes, I would like to issue a plea that the foremost issue to be decided should be which institutions are included.

It took 31 years before the Sacred Heart nuns admitted to Mary that her baby boy had died of septicaemia, writes Claire O’Sullivan

THE demand for quality investments continues, with €33m in an office portfolio sale to three separate buyers in Dublin, and with a private buyer paying over €1.5m for a Cork City retail buy, as a pension investment, with a Tesco Express as its main tenant.

Two Cork hospitals are ahead of the international curve in administrating clot-busting treatment to patients within the vital three hours post-stroke.

A health lab has warned priests of the dangers of ‘overcooking’ holy ashes after several mass-goers were scorched during Ash Wednesday ceremonies.

A RECENTLY let, double-tenanted building on Cork’s suburban Douglas Road, by St Finbarr’s Hospital, is up for sale as an investment, for €1.5m.

The HSE should apologise to a little girl who has been left with dyskinetic cerebral palsy after her birth at a Cork hospital, her counsel told the High Court yesterday.

Ray Crowley is used to nurses sticking needles in him and endures what is medically known as a phlebotomy.

Planning has been granted by An Bord Pleanála for a proposed Tesco Express and a Doc Morris pharmacy on the main Douglas Road in Cork city, by St Finbarr’s Hospital.

In extracts from his new book, Bill O’Herlihy recalls his childhood in Cork, an Evening Echo secret, and why he has an eternal soft spot for both Dunphy and Giles

This renovated 12,000 sq ft two-storey property has a guide price of €600,000.

My role is to optimise the independence of stroke patients.

Two hospital pharmacy workers were treated after a chemical spillage at a Cork hospital.

People who are concerned that their memory loss is the first sign of dementia could be set to benefit from a breakthrough screening test.

Cork city centre has lost more than 3,500 jobs in the last five years to out-of-city locations, a report has found.

The delivery of a hi-tech lifeboat to Baltimore will give an enormous sense of security and reassurance to island and coastal communities, a mother and her “lifeboat baby” daughter said.