Travel and Accommodation

*Please note that it is your parent hospital ALO (Allocations Liasion Officer) and NOT the Allocations Office UCC that deals with the payment of travel and accommodation expenses. Therefore, if you have any queries relating to travel or accommodation allowances, please contact your ALO (ALO contact details can be found by clicking here)

The varied placement criteria and the extensive array of placement locations require students to travel to clinical placement areas throughout their nursing or midwifery programme, irrespective of their normal residence. This may also entail overnight stays, utilising accommodation in closer proximity to the assigned placement site. The purpose is to guarantee that students fulfil the clinical instruction standards outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). 

Typically travel will be within the Munster, but can be outside the region.  Some of our clinical partners include, but are not limited to, Mallow General Hospital (MGH), University Hospital Kerry (UHK), University Hospital Waterford (UHW) and Tipperary University Hospital (TUH). There are also several elective placement opportunities in Dublin and with our Erasmus partners throughout Europe.

The Allocations Office in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and our Clinical Partners have mechanisms in place to ensure equity in relation to students travelling e.g. preferred placement submissions and student rotation. 

Please read the information and links below. If you have any further queries, please contact the Allocations Office.

The particular requirements of your programme will determine the nature and sequence of your placements.  They can be in a number of settings, including:

• Hospital based such as a ward, outpatients department or operating theatres
• Community based with a Public Health Nurse or Practice Nurse
• Day care based, such as a special school or a day care centre
• Residential based, such as group homes.

Placement planning and arrangement is highly complex. Therefore, finalised placements will not be changed unless extenuating circumstances prevail. 

• Travel and Accommodation – Please contact your ALO directly with any queries (Allocation Liaison Officers, Health Service Providers)

• Bus Eireann

• Irish Rail

• Cork City Hospitals/Sites (Google map)

• Commuting, Access & Parking UCC