Sean O’Riordan reported on stories from various parts of Cork which illustrated precisely how flawed infrastructure is holding those areas back. Those companies are Nua Healthcare Services, Talbot Group, Resilience Healthcare, Galro, and Orchard Community Care. Those five companies were paid €129m in 2020, which means an increase in funding of 129% in just four years. The other question which must be asked centres on the implications of for-profit companies providing such important services for vulnerable people. For many Irish supporters the words of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson were a fair reflection of their feelings: “Just pain, we all feel pain.

Source: Irish Examiner March 28, 2026 18:17 UTC