A LIQUIDATOR is due to be appointed today at a meeting of creditors of a €90 million private hospital that closed in March, just five months after it opened.

BOUNCED cheques and emergency tax rates are among the difficulties faced by former staff of a private hospital in Cork city which closed just five months after it opened.

A MAN who has crusaded tirelessly for the elderly for over six decades was yesterday named the Cork Person of the Year for 2010.

THERE’s no clear favourite for the title of Cork Person of the Year but, according to the bookies, five people — including a sporting father and son — are definitely in the running.

GOVERNMENT ministers in Cork for yesterday’s Cabinet meeting were greeted by angry demonstrators protesting at ongoing problems in the health service.