Cork’s first private radiotherapy centre is set to open its doors in January 2019 as part of a joint venture between the Bon Secours Health System (BSHS) and a US medical firm.

Cork attacker Colm O’Neill has revealed that he is staying philosophical with regard to dealing with his third cruciate ligament injury in the space of six years.

The Whitfield Cancer Centre in Waterford is to cease offering radiotherapy to new public patients from next month.

BUREAUCRATIC red tape is not getting in the way of public patients using modern cancer-fighting machinery in a private hospital in Waterford, the Health Service Executive (HSE) insisted yesterday.

WATERFORD’S new private hospital, the Whitfield Clinic, will open its doors to its first patients next week and is confident it will be able to provide radiotherapy for public patients within weeks.