A new children’s triage system, the first of its kind, is to be introduced in emergency departments in the coming months.

CAN there be a better topic to get people talking than the weather? 

A Galway-based construction firm showed plenty of vision to shrug off the recession and expand in the UK, writes Trish Dromey.

As hospitals brace themselves for industrial action, the country’s largest nursing union has called on the public to join in a major protest outside the Dáil today to highlight emergency department (ED) overcrowding.

She wasn’t really enjoying her stay in hospital — until she got a bear hug and a cuddle from her new friend.

A new urgent care treatment centre will open in Cork today which will deal with minor injuries such as scalds and broken bones.

A taskforce is to be set up in Cork to reduce road deaths, which have soared well above the national average.

The early-morning grey mist over Powerstown Racecourse didn’t in any way dampen the spirits yesterday morning, opening day in Clonmel of the 87th annual National Coursing Meeting.

The Gare St Lazare Players have brought their take on Moby Dick to its home town of New Bedford, says Gerry McCarthy

FARM advisory body Teagasc has further rationalised its Knowledge Transfer Directorate.

TO add to Gerry McCarthy’s fine article on Christchurch (April 14).

TWO of the six survivors from the Cork Airport tragedy are still in Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) intensive care unit after suffering serious injuries during the crash.

ONE of Ireland’s top emergency medics said he was amazed anyone survived the crash.

The man accused of money-laundering denied telling gardaí he was ever in fear of Phil Flynn, the former chairman of Bank of Scotland (Ireland).

THE man accused of laundering over £3 million from the Northern Bank robbery claimed that the gardaí wanted him to “nail” Phil Flynn, the former chairman of Bank of Scotland (Ireland), and that if he didn’t they would turn his family into the McBreartys of Donegal.

The man accused of laundering over £3m from the Northern Bank robbery claimed today that the gardaí wanted him to "nail" Phil Flynn – former chairman of Bank of Scotland (Ireland) and that if didn’t they would turn his family into the McBreartys of Donegal.

THE 60-year-old man accused of money-laundering told garda’ he was never in the IRA but told detectives he knew the leader of the IRA and once sent him a Christmas card.

The 60-year-old man accused of money-laundering told gardaí he was never in the IRA but he told detectives he knew “the leader of the IRA” and once sent him a Christmas card.

A Limerick man accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman as she walked home alone told gardaí she had kept "forcing herself on me" in a local disco earlier that Halloween Night.

ONE of the “finest lawyers of his generation” was among tributes made yesterday at Cork District Court to solicitor Gerrard McCarthy, who died unexpectedly on Tuesday last week.

CORK is set to host two very different types of European championships in the coming weeks.

THE bodies of four Polish men killed in a horrific road accident in Cork at the weekend are expected to be released by the authorities today following a fast-tracked inquest yesterday.

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Irish business leaders have been asked to establish an enterprise foundation for East Africa to help them develop a small to medium size enterprise sector.

The leader of an active crime gang in Cork city was jailed for eight years today for the armed robbery of a post office in Farran, County Cork, where he said he expected to find the Crown jewels but ended up with very little.