27 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork East TD Seán Sherlock has said that a public clarification by the Board of South Doc Must be provided after temporary staff lay-offs were announced to staff yesterday (Thursday) “There was certainly an understanding that staff would be redeployed to other centres during this public health emergency.... Read More
27 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie All events scheduled in July for the Cork300 events series, which were to run across Cork Harbour to celebrate the Royal Cork Yacht Club’s Tricentenary, have been cancelled. The Club announced today that they took this difficult decision in conjunction with their partners to safeguard the health of... Read More
27 March 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie O’Connor welcomes confirmation of evacuation flight for Irish stranded in Peru Fianna Fáil TD for Cork East James O’Connor has welcomed news from Irish officials that an evacuation flight has been organised to bring a number of Irish people home from Peru. Deputy O’Connor had been contacted by... Read More
27 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Callout service needed for vulnerable and elderly people struggling to find transport to coronavirus test centres, says Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan Vulnerable and elderly people who cannot get to coronavirus test centres should have the test brought to them by paramedics, Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan said on Friday. As coronavirus... Read More
27 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West Michael Moynihan says funding must be found to ensure that the essential air ambulance service which operates in the region can be maintained. He was responding to the news that the community funded service, which launched eight months ago, will be... Read More
27 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Government must immediately revisit emergency laws designed to help the early childhood industry, as countless preschool, Montessori and creche owners express fears they will not be able to reopen when Ireland emerges from the coronavirus crisis. The government announced a raft of measures it said will help... Read More
27 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Morale boosting window messaging created by Cork’s Market Lane Group of Restaurants provide a visual hug for those still using the city centre The messaging is displayed on the windows of their establishments in the Oliver Plunkett Street area of the city including Market Lane, Elbow Lane Smokehouse... Read More
27 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Finance Minister must take a harder line on insurance companies “trying to weasel out of crisis payouts”, says Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan is urging the government to take a harder line on insurance companies following reports some are trying to weasel out... Read More
27 March 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, sponsors of the annual Texaco Children’s Art Competition – which is currently in its 66th year – has announced their decision to postpone the Final Judging, Winners’ Announcement and Prize Presentation of this year’s Competition. Taken in response to advice issued by Government and... Read More
26 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Optometrists have today recommended that the profession be granted prescribing rights for antibiotic eye-drops, as part of Covid-19 emergency legislation. The Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI) has written to the HSE, and National Public Health Emergency Team, highlighting how its members can relieve some of the current burden... Read More
26 March 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Lottery joy for close-knit Cork community who welcome the ‘much-needed good news’ of €1 million Daily Million win The National Lottery have urged the residents of Rochestown on the outskirts of Cork city to check their Daily Million tickets after the top prize of €1 million was sold... Read More
