2 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister Ring urges participants on Seniors Alert Scheme to ensure their personal alarm is activated Mr Michael Ring TD, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, has today (Thursday) announced a new befriending phone-call initiative to support participants of the Seniors Alert Scheme which is being funded by... Read More
2 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Heritage of County Cork Colouring Book Volume 2 Needs You! Following the success of Cork County Councils ‘Colourful Heritage of County Cork’, a colouring book for all ages, a second volume is now in the works. In addition, The Council’s “Heritage of County Cork” series will this year... Read More
2 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Kanturk Mallow & Fermoy Municipal Districts Road Resurfacing Contract 2020 Cork County Council has recently sought tenders for the Kanturk/Mallow & Fermoy Municipal Districts Road Resurfacing Contract 2020. The contract includes 24 sites throughout the North Cork region. It also provides for 12km of road improvement works in... Read More
1 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie With 46 winners from Cork announced at the awards in 2019 – the upcoming 2020 awards year will certainly be of interest to Cork food producers Despite the current shutdown of life, in general, it is great to see that the Blas na hÉireann 2020 entries are now... Read More
1 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Gardaí have charged a man and seized €70,000 of suspected heroin during a COVID-19 checkpoint on the M8 motorway in Fermoy on March 31, 2020. Shortly after midnight, Gardaí from the Fermoy District stopped a car while conducting a COVID-19 checkpoint on the M8 at Gortore. The passenger... Read More
