Richard Williams

Reviews by Richard Williams

Shoeshop.ie by Cordners Shoes

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Jun 29, 2025

disappointing service

i was looking for a specific shoe and found that this shop was listing it. they offered a discount for first purchase. i tried to get the voucher for this, and it did not arrive, so i had to contact them. their excuse was that it must have gone to my spam folder, but my provider does not have a spam folder. however, they then sent it as a reply to my email. so, i ordered. however a day or so later i got a note saying they had a stock problem and could not provide the shoe, even though it was showing as available on their website. they cancelled my order rather than saying they would order it into stock ! so i do not get the shoe i wanted, even if i had to wait a few days.............

Mater Private Hospital

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Sep 20, 2023

beware of getting an infection due to surgery…

my story is quite a saga which saw me missing most of the summer. i was suffering with sciatic derve inteference and went to mater private. the surgeon there recommended a spine decompression which was to take a bit of bone off the spine. despite my reservations i agreed to surgery. i woke up after the surgery (apparently) but 45 mins later i was in a coma which lasted for 5 hours. at one stage i thought that i was actually dead. anyway, i did recover, but for the next six weeks, i suffered from continuous heavy discharge from the wound. going back and forth to the surgeon , he put in extra stitches and said "no infection". but then after serious discharge, i returned to the surgeon and he booked me immediately to the mater general where he is a consultant. there they diagnosed that i had a serious staph a infection. i had to undergo a "washout" to remove the infection. not a pleasant experience ! so that created a long hospital stay followed by home intravenous antibiotics by my health insurer's home care. so basically i was out of action for over 3 months due to being infected during my operation. the worst part of all this was the surgeon not accepting that i had an infection. oh, and as regards me going into a coma. no reason was given for this despite me asking the mater private. so would i recommend the mater private? no way !