Congratulations to Professor Aideen Sullivan on her appointment as Head of the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience at UCC

Advice from Prof Luke O. Neill, Trinity College Dublin; Dr Sean O’Sullivan, Consultant Neurologist, Bon Secours Hospital, Cork, with a speciality in Parkinson’s; and John Lonergan, Ex Governor Mountjoy Prison, and respected commentator on human behaviour.

I had the honour of accompanying John & Margaret Curtin yesterday to John’s former employer DDW Colour. There were two reasons for the presentation, first to mark John’s retirement from the company where he had served for a number of years and to this day is sadly missed and is still held in high regard. This brings me  on to…

Start spreading the news ….. we are singing on MONDAYS!Jerome has managed to secure the hall in The Church of the Immaculate Conception, The Lough. Many of you will remember we used this pre-Covid and found it easy to access with great parking. We have been wandering minstrels for a while, so it is great…

The ‘Patients Deserve Better’ campaign is seeking investment to tackle the serious shortage of nurse specialists in neurology in Cork. Based on local and international recommendations, Cork University Hospital needs 20 nurse specialists in neurology. The hospital has just four; a shortfall of 16 nurse specialists caring for people in Cork and surrounding counties.  Nationally, there is a shortfall of over 100…

With the support of the CPA committee, Tony Wilkinson will be heading up the “Cork 500 Member” challenge. With more than 1,250 people in the county with Parkinson’s we are aware that people do not know of the network of support and information available to them through CPA. Many of them are residents in Care…