I have cancer. I genuinely considered discontinuing treatment as I couldn't bear the thought of going back inside this hospital ever again. Luckily I have scraped the money together for private healthcare.

The care I received at CUH was fantastic. From the very first consultation with the neurosurgeon, everything was explained to me in detail about the procedure. Being spinal surgery there was a huge risk involved and a high chance of the surgery not being successful. I am so thankful to all the staff for being so professional looking after me with amazing care.

No complaints about the doctors. But the nurses would continually give just paracetamol when I was due for pain meds and make me wait for 45 minutes 'just in case it would help first'. I had a drain pulling and hanging off my face. It meant I had to ask for pain meds before I was in pain to avoid being left in agony.

An absolute disgrace to the Irish Health system! Patients on trolleys all down the corridor of A&E, bursting out the doors into the foyer area and actually holding fire doors open. Sick patients left sitting on the floor. Elderly patients treated like dirt. Witnessed two nurses having a big chat in the corridor, one was called on her phone for something work related, her snappy response was 'I'm far too busy to deal with that at the moment' to which she hung up and then continued her chat about her holiday. Admin staff at reception very abrupt and dismissive. Stood for about 20 minutes at the desk to ask for some water for my father. Person behind the desk didn't even look at me, kept shuffling around bits of paper and opening patient files and closing them, without actually doing anything. Eventually they looked up at me and said 'theres a tap in the toilet' and went back to their folder shuffling. The food I saw in the wards was not fit to give a dog! Eggs and cabbage mostly. And the stench. Would make you sick to smell it let alone eat. Staff seemed to think they were on another higher level to patients and public. Chaos on wards. Staff walking around with no ID badges, they could be anyone. Security very lacking. No privacy in the wards, your full history is given out loud for all to hear. One lady was asked to give her sexual history. Patient got sick and the nurse tut-tutted and didn't call house keeping for an hour! The stench was unbearable. Wasn't allowed open the window and the heat was like a sauna! Very unhealthy. Father went to try shower one day and there was faeces on the floor. What is going on in this hospital? Way too many admin staff, not enough clinical care staff and those that are there don't seem to care. Some of the staff we saw were looking sicker than the patients. In my opinion, this hospital should be avoided like the plague. Place should be shut down and bulldozed!

I have been dealing with CUH for over a year now and have lost hope and trust in this place. Praying I find the money to go private.

Appointment at 9:40, didn't seen doctor until 1:45. There was only one doctor, disgraceful experience.

I attended CUH with my four-month-old who was in respiratory distress with croup. Ambulance had notified A&E staff to have paediatric doctors ready. As soon as we arrived everything was dealt with immediately. This was so reassuring - the quick actions of all the staff. The paediatric registrar stayed in resus room until my baby was stable. My baby's stay in CUH was faultless, all the staff were so calm and pleasant despite their working conditions. I hope management recognises as since they are the face of the hospital.

My Mum was admitted through A&E as an emergency with severe breathing difficulty. She was treated quite well but was sent home after a week of treatment without an explanation or diagnosis of her illness. She was still very unwell and on antibiotics. She collapsed at home four days later and was taken by ambulance to a different hospital where she spent a week in HDU and two weeks on the ward. The treatment was fantastic there and she got a diagnosis and treatment plan.

Although my condition was quite serious none of the hospital staff had any sense of urgency about the tests / scans I needed. Waiting is the name of game at CUH. In short I was given the mushroom treatment - i.e. kept in the dark and fed lots of manure. Staff for the most part were polite and kind but some were rude, abrupt and uncommunicative on occasion. The hospital is definitely understaffed and under-resourced and I fully understand the staff are not to blame and for the most part were working as hard as they could. I saw patients neglected when they were crying out for help which was really upsetting. Little old ladies left in their beds when they just needed help to the toilet. Some issues were very minor like the disgusting food (worst I have ever encountered - lost half a stone), inadequate hygiene and lack of privacy and some were major such as a misdiagnosis on the part of my doctor. After my experience here (including two trips to A&E) I would strongly advise anyone to make sure they have good private healthcare insurance and use the private hospitals in the area. I'm scared to go back into this hospital.

My partner was on a trolley for all of her admission in a hallway, despite developing a serious infection/illness.

Atrocious experience. I was touched inappropriately by one member of staff and was met by negative responses from staff when I told them. I received very poor care by nurses. I saw elderly patients not getting their meds and being left soiled. One elderly lady was left hanging in the air on a hoist. She was crying and the response I got from a nurse was not enough staff to take her down.

It all went ahead so fast and painless. Top marks everyone. The food was a different matter however. Corned beef and cabbage yuk. Scrambled egg yuk.

The doctors nurses and all the staff of the A&E were all very caring and professional. They were all under enormous pressure and so, so overworked. It's time they were all treated with the respect they deserve.

Shocking experience, spent 3 weeks in hospital. Horrible nurses and a few bad doctors. Once I was moved wards and did not get my meds for 12 hours and got very ill as a result.

Generally once you get past A&E, treatment is excellent.

Waiting times are unbelievable. Hospital not as busy as I've seen it, yet I had to wait on a trolley for 21 hours before getting a bed. Disgusting.

Found the person doing the scan a bit cold, just silently scanning my child with no feedback.

Disorganized and downright cold staff members. I felt little to no empathy when dealing with the nurses and doctors who were 'helping' my daughter. The reason I came into the hospital was for a minor query regarding feeding, which was turned into unnecessary scares of heart and stomach problems. They kept us overnight and billed us 75e, and I left with ZERO answers to my problem. I was made to feel intimidated and insecure as a first time mom. On a different note, the food is a disgrace and their promise of a bed so I could stay with my infant daughter was a cold, hard, leather sofa.

Third world! Five years on a waiting list to have my health issue sorted. A&E was way overcrowded. Doctors are in a rush to make room. No neuro doctor on call!!! Very upsetting!

Ambulance and nursing staff were who we dealt with mainly. Incredibly kind and caring professional staff.

I found the whole process from the pre-op/admission, surgical, after care and discharge procedure to be seamless and very professional.

is 100 minutes of waiting room time beyond the appointment scheduled time considered acceptable for a private consultant OB-GYN? Not impressed at all.

If I could help it, I would never go back to CUH.

You need more doctors, more nurses so they have time to speak to patients properly. All staff seem completely rushed with no time for basic patient care or communication. For a patient not to be helped with being fed is disgraceful disappointing and in no way acceptable no matter what the reason or excuse. This is basic to any human being!

13 hours waiting in A&E to see a doctor, it was a disgrace.

Understaffed, but I obviously don't blame the staff themselves for that.

I was extremely well looked after in ward 4A. Everyone was very caring and attentive. Theatre nurse was a real angel. My surgeon was not only world class, but also listens to his patients concerns and fears. It was the best hospital experience I have ever had. A million thanks to everyone who was involved in my care.

Emergency dept is a joke. Not one member of staff would give an update. My daughter rang at 11.00pm to get an update but no one was available. I waited over 24 hours for bed. I was moved to a different dept and from midday, no staff from that dept came near me. Staff in emergency refused to tell my family what time staff in my new dept did rounds at, even though we had a three hour trip to the hospital.

Standards of infection control severely lacking. Waiting time for operation to repair broken hip far too long, patient had to wait four days which is unacceptable.

You can see once the day doctors leave, the level of care drops as they all seem very busy. Overall it was good, but I left without being given all the results from my x-rays and scans. I am assuming my GP will explain them better. I had to take off my braces for x-rays and I ended up losing them after all the moving from place to place. Now I will have to spend money to replace them unfortunately.