The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says more step down beds are needed across the city in order to help alleviate overcrowding at Cork University Hospital. Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says the transfer programme operated between CUH and Mallow General Hospital needs to be expanded to free up acute care
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Helmets could soon be compulsory for people using e-scooters, as the Government moves to tighten road safety rules. Ministers say the number of serious injuries, including child admissions to hospital, is now deeply concerning.
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Donald Trump says Iran has called his administration to negotiate, after the White House threatened military action in response to a violent crackdown on protests. A US-based human rights agency is reporting at least 500 deaths, and the arrests of around 10-thousand people, during demonstrations over the country's struggling economy.
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Jessie Buckley has won a Golden Globe. The Kerry native won the award in the best actress in a movie drama category for her role in Hamnet which also won best motion picture drama at the ceremony in Los Angeles overnight.
