Call for inquiry as patients travelling 24km for out-of-hours GP service

Concerns have been raised in a large east Cork town about the availability of the out-of-hours SouthDoc service.

A local councillor in Youghal is seeking what she described as “an urgent inquiry” following complaints from dozens of constituents that people have to travel 24km to Midleton to avail of the service.

Cllr Mary Linehan-Foley said there was no justification for Youghal “effectively having no doctor service after 6pm and at weekends” despite a HSE-funded facility being opened a mile from the town centre last July.