The Minister with responsibility for older people Kathleen Lynch has said that it is intolerable that some patients at a community hospital in Co Leitrim had to wait over a month for a shower, due to staff shortages.

Some residents of a community hospital had not had a shower or a bath for more than a month, according to a report by health watchdog Hiqa.

MORE than 2,000 people have signed a petition to prevent the closure of a welfare home in north Cork.

A STAR always knows how to tap into an audience, and newly married Michael Flatley kept his fans at a community hospital sweet when he arrived with an extra, unexpected treat.

THE founder of the Blackrock Clinic is behind a consortium planning to build a multi-million euro private hospital in Cork.