Cork hospital to get 24 new beds early in 2026, HSE boss confirms

Bernard Gloster also criticised therapists with regard to taking on trainees at today's Oireachtas Health Committee meeting

Bernard Gloster said the new beds at Mallow General Hospital will make an 'enormous difference'. File picture: Dan Linehan

More than 20 new beds will be opened in Mallow General Hospital early in the new year, the HSE chief executive has confirmed, which he said will make an “enormous difference”.

Bernard Gloster told the Oireachtas Health Committee he had visited Cork on Tuesday for talks with local officials, and he was “absolutely delighted” to be able to say the 24 beds would be opened, following questioning from Fine Gael’s Colm Burke.