Mercy’s A&E will open for days only

CORK’s Mercy Hospital is still planning to open its mothballed A&E unit on a part-time basis despite progress in crunch talks on staffing yesterday.

Mercy University Hospital (MUH) announced on Monday that it will finally open its €5 million A&E unit in June from 8am to 8pm only.

The unit has lain idle for 15 months because of an impasse over staffing numbers.