Data shows 9,463 people on waiting lists with more than 600 waiting longer than 18 months for eye treatment.

A severe shortage of hospital consultants in Cork is heaping further pressure on waiting lists with one-in-five permanent consultant posts unfilled, and the county is one of the worst performing in the country on waiting list numbers.

Site selection row looms over new elective facility as concerns voiced over distance from other major hospitals

A mass vaccination programme is underway at a Cork city hospital this weekend in a bid to administer Covid-19 vaccines to 1,200 frontline healthcare workers.