Fewer than a quarter of posts in a Cork centre for endometriosis patirnts, located at the Lee Clinic and operated by CUMH, have been filled.

In a recent survey of women who experienced recurrent miscarriage, almost one in four people described their overall care as poor. DEIRDRE MCARDLE speaks with Professor Keelin O’Donoghue about new resources which have been launched aimed at improving the care of people who experience miscarriage.

A service of remembrance for families who have experienced the loss of a child takes place in Cork next week. CHRIS DUNNE speaks with Maria McCarthy who attends the service with her family each year in memory of her daughter, Danielle.

Today, we launch a new series marking the 20th anniversary of Mahon Point. CHRIS DUNNE meets a Cork family whose daughter was born there six years ago. 

The New Year was only a few minutes old when the first baby of 2025 arrived in CUMH.

Alfie O’Reilly was four days old when he died at Cork University Maternity Hospital in July 2020

The figures have prompted calls for the delivery of Cork's planned elective hospital to be expedited. 

More than 14,000 of these patients have been waiting for at least 18 months 

Through collaboration with Stryker Instruments Innovation Centre in Cork, the team in CUMH developed a tool to help health professionals quickly and accurately measure blood loss during birth.

The €1.35 million represents an interim payment for the next five years, at which point the matter will return before the courts

The couple’s first child, Faye, died on October 11, 2019, at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin, where she was transferred for specialist treatment from CUMH.

Two boys and two girls were born in Cork to four sets of proud parents, all before 4am on New Year’s Day.

Overall, three mothers gave birth to five babies on Christmas Day in Cork’s only maternity ward.

"SSWHG deeply regrets that this distressing incident occurred and acknowledges that an error was made, and is truly sorry for the additional distress this has caused to grieving families."

Earlier this week families learned that they had to wait for the final report instead of a draft copy that had been promised in previous communications from the team conducting the review.

Speaking to The Echo, a member of The Voice of Our Angels, a group of some of the impacted families, said the ongoing delays in furnishing the families with the report is causing significant distress.

Mr Kelleher told The Echo the couple are “absolutely over the moon and most grateful to welcome a happy and healthy baby girl to the world”.

Last year RTÉ Investigates revealed that multiple baby organs were sent abroad from CUMH for incineration without the consent or knowledge of bereaved parents.

It was revealed by RTÉ Investigates last year that multiple baby organs were incinerated abroad without the consent or knowledge of bereaved parents.

Noelle Murphy faced the unimaginable when she learned her baby would be stillborn. She tells Sarah Horgan how she wants to raise funds for the charity that helped her through such a difficult time

Latest data released by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) showed that 879,277 people are now on some form of waiting list.

The Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly faced questions in the Dáil last night over the revelation that the organs of 18 babies that died at Cork University Maternity Hospital were sent for incineration to Belgium without the consent or knowledge of ...

Cork midwife Margaret O’Driscoll is set to retire from Cork University Maternity Hospital, after four decades caring for babies, writes EMMA CONNOLLY

In a world where human is limited and normal hospital procedures required major changes, staff at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) worked hard to ensure that people in labour could still savour the magical moments of childbirth, ...

The Murphy quadruplets, from Riverstick in Cork, celebrated their eighteenth birthday today surrounded by the medical staff who brought them into the world.

CORK University Maternity Hospital is confident it can offer pregnant women in the region timely access to foetal anomaly scans at the appropriate time of between 21 and 23 weeks gestation.

PREGNANT women in Cork are facing delays when getting scans to detect potential defects in their unborn children.