Loss of 16 nursing positions ‘beggars belief’

The loss of 16 nursing positions at St Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork will increase overcrowding at Cork University Hospital, warns Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin.

He said it “beggars belief” and is “difficult to comprehend” that staffing would be reduced at the facility on the Douglas Rd despite an overwhelming need for its services.

The Cork South Central TD, who is due to meet nursing representatives over the cuts on Monday, said: “The upshot of this decision will, I believe, be a further increase in the number of people waiting on trolleys in CUH’s emergency department.”