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Elaine-Loughlin
Elaine Loughlin: Sweeping change in the next Dáil as political dynasties end
File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
HSE spent €15.7m on recruitment firms in 2022
Also, the HSE’s spend on agency staff has almost doubled in recent years, from around €390m in 2020 to €619m last year

Tue, 08 Aug, 2023

Parents to face further school bus ticket 'chaos'
Parents to face further school bus ticket 'chaos'
Education minister faces criticism from Coalition and opposition politicians as they are inundated with complaints from parents

Sun, 06 Aug, 2023

sad child, stress and depression
More than 100,000 children waiting for first-time primary care assessments
Children on waiting lists for psychological, speech and language, and ophthalmology interventions, figures show

Tue, 01 Aug, 2023

Calls to convert Mallow's former sugar beet factory  into a renewable resource
Calls to convert Mallow's former sugar beet factory  into a renewable resource
With the site now up for sale, Cork East TD Sean Sherlock wants the State to buy the land

Sun, 18 Jun, 2023

Nurse having headache and tired from work while wearing PPE suit for protect coronavirus disease.
HSE spent €42m on third-party covid management
The amount, paid out in 2020 and 2021, included work around strategic workforce planning, support to contact tracing centres, communications and the development of covid-19 reporting dashboards

Tue, 06 Jun, 2023

Revealed: counties with the highest value of unclaimed prize bonds 
Revealed: counties with the highest value of unclaimed prize bonds 
A country breakdown shows €1.6m in unclaimed prize bonds alone are in Dublin, while €309,959 is unclaimed in Cork

Tue, 23 May, 2023

Key staff at Cork University Hospital told not to cooperate with PWC consultants
Key staff at Cork University Hospital told not to cooperate with PWC consultants
Fórsa trade union has written to its members in the hospital advising them cease interacting with these consultants and not to attend or participate in meetings with them.

Tue, 23 May, 2023

Cork University Hospital staff question PwC role after €608k paid to management consultants
Cork University Hospital staff question PwC role after €608k paid to management consultants
Labour TD Seán Sherlock said in relation to the costs from October-December for which figures have been provided: 'It’s hard to square off where €600,000 has been spent when people are on trolleys every day'

Mon, 22 May, 2023

Lack of funding forcing children with additional needs to travel across Cork county to school
Lack of funding forcing children with additional needs to travel across Cork county to school
“It is a lot to ask a child or parent from north Cork, to send their children to someplace like, for instance, Rochestown, and have to go through the Jack Lynch tunnel on a daily basis.”

Wed, 17 May, 2023

Hamstrung councils still cannot use CCTV to catch illegal dumpers
Hamstrung councils still cannot use CCTV to catch illegal dumpers
Claims local authorities are 'given tools to tackle illegal dumping with one hand and stymied by further bureaucracy with the other' 

Fri, 12 May, 2023

'Missing' Irish chalice could finally be returned from UK — on loan
'Missing' Irish chalice could finally be returned from UK — on loan
Chalice, which dates back to 1590, is currently held by the Victoria and Albert museum, which said it was 'available for loan to museums in Ireland'

Tue, 21 Mar, 2023

Paediatrician doctor examining a young female patient sitting on her mothers lap wearing masks.
Over 1,800 toddlers were hospitalised with RSV as surge contributes to overcrowding
The hospitals with the highest number of children admitted with RSV were Cork University Hospital (39), CHI at Crumlin (55), Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda (51) and Portiuncula Hospital (47)

Mon, 20 Mar, 2023

Sean Sherlock TD
Patients in Cork and Kerry to get access to neurological rehabilitation team 
Patients in Cork and Kerry are to get access to a neurological rehabilitation team working in the community outside of hospitals to aid with their recovery.

Thu, 02 Mar, 2023

Doctor and patient in ophthalmology clinic
Cost of private eye treatment for CUH patients nearly €220k as waiting lists grow
Data shows 9,463 people on waiting lists with more than 600 waiting longer than 18 months for eye treatment.

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

Calls for Cork chalice to be returned to Ireland
Calls for Cork chalice to be returned to Ireland
Chalice is just one of many priceless Irish artefacts held in British museums

Mon, 23 Jan, 2023

Council to put up fencing to block access to East Cork shipwreck
Council to put up fencing to block access to East Cork shipwreck
Cork County Council is set to introduce a number of new safety measures to prevent public access to the wreck of the MV Alta at Ballyandreen Bay, Ballycotton.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2023

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
€2.1m in pandemic bonuses paid to Dept of Defence and Dublin Fire Brigade
However, thousands of other non-HSE staff still waiting

Thu, 19 Jan, 2023

Over-the-counter medicines advice
RSV hospitalisation numbers double compared to pre-Covid era
RSV almost disappeared during the Covid-19 pandemic due to social distancing and lockdowns

Sun, 11 Dec, 2022

HSE apologises as 18,000 children with disabilities wait for first appointment
HSE apologises as 18,000 children with disabilities wait for first appointment
Cork and Dublin have the longest waiting lists as 8,700 children wait for more than a year for initial contact

Mon, 05 Dec, 2022

Cork University Hospital has not yet established long Covid clinic
Cork University Hospital has not yet established long Covid clinic
A long Covid clinic for Cork University Hospital (CUH) is still not established, with patients being treated at infectious diseases clinics, HSE data shows. The Cork hospital is one of six sites chosen by the HSE to run dedicated long clinics.

Tue, 22 Nov, 2022

Families forced to trek across Cork due to shortage of special schools
Families forced to trek across Cork due to shortage of special schools
'Why should a student with additional needs in North Cork be forced to commute for up to three hours a day potentially?'

Sun, 13 Nov, 2022

School bus
Just seven of more than 1,600 appeals over school bus places heard
Just seven of more than 1,600 appeals by families over access to school bus places have been heard over the last month, prompting calls for an overhaul of the system.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
HSE doesn't know how many staff were hired after €15.5m spend on recruitment firms 
The amount paid to recruitment agencies jumped from €2.88m in 2020 to €9.78m last year

Sat, 22 Oct, 2022

Old broken shoes of a little boy as a symbol for child poverty
Almost €34m in emergency payments to struggling families
On clothing, €720,474 was paid out last month in response to 5,093 people who sought help, a 900% increase in comparison to August 2021.

Fri, 23 Sep, 2022

TD claims ghost ship off Cork coast being passed 'from pillar to post'
TD claims ghost ship off Cork coast being passed 'from pillar to post'
The site has become a beacon for antisocial behaviour, as well as a danger to people seeking selfies and exploration of the wreckage

Fri, 26 Aug, 2022

More than 500 children waiting over a year to be seen by mental health service
More than 500 children waiting over a year to be seen by mental health service
HSE said 4,294 young people were waiting for Camhs appointment, with the highest number of these (826) in Cork and Kerry region

Fri, 15 Jul, 2022

DENIS SCANNELL
Cork residents in a ‘postcode lottery’ when accessing respite
North Cork has 22 respite beds while East Cork has just 16

Wed, 06 Jul, 2022

Tinder charges
Department of Justice spent €30k on Tinder advertising
The department ran a national awareness campaign on sexual harassment and sexual violence called No Excuses from 2019-2021.

Sun, 03 Apr, 2022

Over €30m spent by Government departments on external legal, HR, accountancy, and consultancy services
Over €30m spent by Government departments on external legal, HR, accountancy, and consultancy services
This includes €14.3m by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications alone, with over €10m allocated for costs associated with the National Broadband Plan

Sun, 30 Jan, 2022

'I've travelled on better roads in Sub-Saharan Africa' – Further calls for upgrades to busy national road in Cork
'I've travelled on better roads in Sub-Saharan Africa' – Further calls for upgrades to busy national road in Cork
Despite countless warnings over the accident potential posed by the 34km stretch of road from Mallow to Mitchelstown, only minor improvements have been completed on it to date

Thu, 16 Sep, 2021

Elaine Loughlin: Spare a thought for the Ministers of Zoom 
Elaine Loughlin: One-off housing bans are stopping families from building communities
The generations of a family can offer invaluable mutual support, to the benefit of the entire community — but our efforts to prevent ribbon development may be driving them apart

Tue, 15 Jun, 2021

Learner Drivers
Driver theory tests: new examiners to start work in June to clear waiting list of 120,000
In Dublin, 22,000 people are waiting to sit their test, with almost 9,000 waiting in Co Cork too. 

Sun, 30 May, 2021

Historic North Cork landmark to open to the public in 2022
Historic North Cork landmark to open to the public in 2022
Annes Grove Gardens in Castletownroche has been described a "wild romantic glen", with a 30 acre garden thriving with plant life.

Sat, 29 May, 2021

Children waiting 19 months for assessment of need  'massive failure of the system'
Children waiting 19 months for assessment of need  'massive failure of the system'
More than 5,000 applications overdue for completion

Sun, 11 Apr, 2021

Learner Drivers
RSA: Driving test backlog will take 20 weeks to clear
The driving test backlog would take 20 weeks to clear if all those eligible were offered a test, the RSA has admitted.

Wed, 17 Mar, 2021

Learner Drivers
Driver theory test will be online 'some time in 2021'
Transport minister Eamon Ryan is unable to give a specific date for when learner drivers can do the test online

Sat, 13 Mar, 2021

Talks to begin on review of Assessment of Need process for children
Talks to begin on review of Assessment of Need process for children
System has been the subject of fierce criticism from child rights advocates and health professionals

Mon, 08 Mar, 2021

FILE PHOTO The final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be brought before Cabinet by Mini
Give medical cards to all Mother and Baby Home survivors, minister urged
The Government's action plan commits to providing medical cards to those who were in the institutions for more than six months - but this omits large numbers, according to a Cork TD.

Mon, 22 Feb, 2021

Cork to benefit from a €45m 'game-changing' investment in walking and cycling projects
Cork to benefit from a €45m 'game-changing' investment in walking and cycling projects
A €45m investment in dozens of walking and cycling projects in Cork has been described as the true start of a “game-changing” transport plan for the city region.

Thu, 11 Feb, 2021

Glass jar with coins and euros with the inscription PENSION. Pen, leather wallet and note paper.
'It has made matters worse' - Government plan leaves 65-year-old retirees worse off
The new scheme will see retirees aged 65 paid €203 a week - €45 less than the rate of pay on the State Pension

Mon, 08 Feb, 2021

Páirc Uí Chaoimh General Views
Cork City Hall and Páirc Uí Chaoimh being considered as mass vaccination centres
Cork City Hall and Páirc Uí Chaoimh are being considered by the HSE as the sites for mass vaccination centres in County Cork.

Wed, 03 Feb, 2021

Simon Harris interview
Scholarship to be created in memory of baby homes whistleblower Alice Litster
A scholarship in memory of Alice Litster, who repeatedly raised concerns about mother and baby homes, is to be set up.

Wed, 20 Jan, 2021

Learner Drivers
Cork TD calls for remote theory test pilot programme to be fast-tracked as thousands await tests
Seán Sherlock has warned that the theory test backlog cannot be allowed “to grow unabated”

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
More than 21,000 children waiting for occupational therapy assessments
Some areas unable to provide updated lists as staff have been redeployed to other areas due to Covid-19

Wed, 30 Sep, 2020

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