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7 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council’s cleaning staff and specialist contractors are deep cleaning the streets of Cork as ‘stay at home’ restrictions continue and in advance of the gradual reopening of the city centre. Over the coming weeks, specialist contractors are cleansing high footfall areas of the city centre from...
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7 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland’s first Horse Trail, the much-awaited Beara Bridle Way, has been completed in West Cork with the assistance of Cork County Council. Managed by Beara Tourism, the Beara Bridle Way will allow visitors to take in the stunning landscape of the Beara Peninsula on horseback. Straddling the borders...
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7 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Community spirit on Cork’s Northside is alive and well and never more vibrant than now, as Mayfield’s community groups pull together under the Community Response Forum to help vulnerable locals. Newbury House Family Centre on Old Youghal Road is a hive of activity for the Mayfield CRF, where...
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7 May 2020, 6pm By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Today’s COVID19 update 29 people with COVID-19 have sadly died in the past 24 hours, or so (the deaths may have occurred in recent days but have only just been registered). This means that the running total for COVID19 related deaths is 1,403 in Ireland. Meanwhile, in...
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7 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Green Party Councillor for Cork City South West, Colette Finn, has joined the Party’s spokesperson for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Steven Matthews TD in calling on Local Authorities to consider allowing businesses including restaurants and cafés access to the public footpath in some areas of town centres free...
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7 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Association Plumbing and Heating Contractors Ireland (APHCI) is warning employers to ensure back to work procedures include taking measures in advance of opening premises to employees and the public Due to the current emergency situation, many non-essential businesses including hotels, bars, swimming pools, gyms and leisure facilities,...
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6 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Senator Tim Lombard is reminding national youth organisations that the deadline for applications to the new Youth Climate Justice Fund is 15th May. Speaking about the funding, Senator Lombard said: “the objective of the Youth Climate Justice fund is to support youth-led action and innovation on Climate Justice...
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6 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The founder of Cork PR Firm ‘Fuzion’ Deirdre Waldron has joined the board of the Triskel Arts Centre. Triskel is such a major part of Cork’s DNA and I was honoured to be invited onto the Board. It’s such a vibrant and vital cultural hub for the city...
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6 May 2020, Wednesday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Today a man and a woman, both aged in their 30s, were arrested as part of an investigation into an aggravated burglary that occurred at a house at the cul-de-sac “Bull’s Lane”, off Blackrock Rd, on the Southside of Cork City on Friday 1st May. The woman,...
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6 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Kate Durrant (@BlarneyKate on Twitter) has another accolade to add to her string of honours, as she has been named as the ‘Cork Person of the Month’ for April 2020 Kate Durrant is involved in leadership roles with St Vincent de Paul (SVP), Dogs for the Disabled, Blarney...
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6 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie How to calculate where you can exercise in Ireland during the COVID19 ‘lockdown’? Since Tuesday 5th May people in Ireland have been able to exercise within 5km from their homes. This marked an expansion from the previous 2km which applied for all of April. There was confusion over...
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6 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Corporate Plan 2019-2024 was recently passed by Councillors. The 95 page document outlines the vision of the Council for a 5 year period. It outlines the core values, vision and aspirations of Cork County Council as well as defining the Council’s significant role in directing...
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