Ger Collins

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Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. Ger Collins, an ambassador for Breast Cancer Ireland, says that car parking fees were an issue for her when she was attending the hospital for appointments and scans in 2015. Photograph: Derick Hudson
The burden of hospital car parking fees on patients and their families

Paying car parking charges when you are visiting an ill relative in hospital, or when you are admitted to hospital yourself from the emergency departm(...)

Ger Collins with her son Brian: “I spent a fortune on parking at Beaumont hospital going in and out for appointments and scans.”
North v South: ‘No person going through cancer should have to deal with invoices or debt collectors’

Cancer patients north and south of the border share many common experiences. The shock of diagnosis, waiting for tests and results, and putting the(...)

Cork’s Jack O’Connor celebrates scoring a goal during the Munster Under-21 final win over Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. Photograph: Tommy Dickson/inpho
Cork cruise past Tipperary to claim Munster Under-21 hurling title

Cork 2-23 Tipperary 1-13 Cork swept to their first Munster Under-21 hurling title in 11 years and their 19th in all with a surprisingly comfortable w(...)

Ian Ryan will return to play some part for Limerick this weekend according to their manager. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho
Ian Ryan set to return from injury to bolster score-shy Limerick

Remarkably it took Limerick 45 minutes to muster their first point against Tipperary in the last round of the Allianz Football League, a game manager (...)

Sligo manager Pat Flanagan was unhappy at his side’s finishing in the All-Ireland SFC qualifieri against Limerick at Markievicz Park. Photograph: Ken Sutton/Inpho
Sligo’s bench makes vital contribution to help defeat Limerick

Sligo 1-12 Limerick 1-10Sligo substitutes Stephen Coen and James Kilcullen kept their team ticking over in a pulsating second half as the Yeatsmen boo(...)

Antrim’s Niall McKeever and Michael McCann challenge for a high ball with John Galvin of Limerick during the All-Ireland football qualifier at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Ger Collins hits the spot as Limerick see off Antrim

Limerick 3-11 Antrim 0-15Antrim manager Liam Bradley was furious after his side crashed out of the All-Ireland qualifiers in Limerick on Saturday.The (...)