No-shows at appointments cost €2 million a year
Patients who did not turn up for outpatient appointments cost Cork University Hospital (CUH) approximately €2 million last year. Figures released reveal that 5,125 new patients, and 18,800 return patients did not show up for their appointments throughout 2009. The number of...
A very Irish education
For years, one of Ireland's strongest exports was its graduates. This strength then became a key factor in attracting major companies to Ireland and setting up operations here. Now, with many of those companies jumping ship in favour of lower...
Right price in Rochestown
Address: 43 Kiltegan Lawn, Rochestown Road, Douglas, Cork
House Type: 4 bed home attached by garage
Area: 1,345 sq. ft.
Heating Type: Gas
Price: €335,000
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Quins break IHL duck with deserved win
Cork Harlequins finally broke their duck in this season's Irish Hockey League League (IHL) and gained a well-deserved win against Dublin side Monkstown. Cork's other representative. Church of Ireland were very disappointing in their loss to another Leinster league side,...
Beat the break
Recent research has shown that over 90 percent of seniors say their greatest fear is loss of independence, the main cause of which is losing their mobility.
With Osteoporosis a key ingredient in most hip fractures, one of the most common...
Single And The City
Our weekly tongue in cheek look at single life in Cork.
Grand Scenic - Renault's space provider
Renault lays claim to being the originator of the people carrier or MPV concept. For years the Espace was uniquely Renault and then it was joined by the Scenic. Since then, every car company has jumped in on the act....
Shame on gutter press
When news broke in January that conjoined twins had been born to a couple in Cork, there was widespread excitement, not just in Cork but throughout the country. When pictures of Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf first arrived on newsdesks, they...
In the Footsteps of St. Finbarre (Part 203) Horgan's Vision
In the 1860s there were 875 inhabitants in Ballincollig, with a large number of British soldiers with their families living in the town. With the creation and blossoming of the Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills came a need for housing and community...
Cork's Got Talent - 11th February 2010
The third heat of Corks Got Talent was held in Scott’s Bar and it was another fantastic night with 18 acts battling it out for a place in the semi final. The acts played to a packed audience with Dave...
The Human Condition
The airborne interpreter Was he at work in your house recently? He knows no boundaries, be they cultural, physical or sexual, because he is an enormously skilful and influential individual. None of us ever see him, but like a...
Dan Kenneally - Recovering stammerer
Most people take their ability to speak for granted and never consider what life is like for those who live their anxious lives dreading having to say their own name.
"Sometimes there is no way out of it. You have to...
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