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15 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Micheál MartinFianna Fáil Leader and TD for Cork South Central Micheál Martin says Debenhams management has a responsibility to its Irish staff and must engage with trade unions to ensure that a redundancy package can be reached. He was responding to the announcement last week that the company...
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15 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The new president of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) is Mary Magner, a native of Castletownroche in North Cork and living in nearby Killavullen. She represented North and East Cork as well as Cork City North on the INTO executive since 2011. Mary assumes office today. Mary...
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15 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mandate Trade Union has called for the immediate suspension of the decision by Debenhams management to put the company into voluntary liquidation in the Republic of Ireland, calling the move “opportunistic” and “cynical.” Debenhams shocked almost 2,000 workers in 11 stores last Thursday, (9th April) by announcing that...
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15 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Families in Cork and elsewhere throughout Ireland are being invited to ‘go bananas’ all in the cause of healthy eating in a campaign to mark National Banana Day which falls on Wednesday, April 15th and extends throughout the week, according to its promoters, fruit importers Fyffes. Now in...
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15 April 2020 By Roger Jones roger@TheCork.ie As people across the country settle into their new reality of working from home, family-run business Glandore – Ireland’s longest-serving and leading provider of serviced offices and co-working space and the first plastic-free, flexible office space in Ireland, have today issued 10 savvy tips and tricks to help...
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14 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With families confined to the home at present we are all learning to adapt to a new environment and to modify our everyday behaviours. Cork County Council is reminding pet owners that our canine companions are going through a significant and sudden adjustment too. “With the current restrictions...
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14 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A remote early warning system for the detection of Covid-19 symptoms among frontline medical staff at Cork University Hospital is showing promising results. The early warning system has been developed through a software industry and healthcare partnership with University College Cork (UCC). The Covid-19 Remote Early Warning System (CREW) remotely...
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14 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie IFA Farm Family & Social Affairs Chair Caroline Farrell welcomed clarification from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection that a farmer who has incurred a substantial loss of income as a result of restrictions can qualify for the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment. “This means that full-time...
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14 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bishop Paul Colton announces Postponement of Confirmation Services of 2020 in Cork, Cloyne and Ross Confirmations are held mainly during the 50 days of Easter and on the Sundays after Easter into the summer months, but not this year The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Dr Paul...
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14 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Operation Fanacht was a major operation to ensure public compliance with the travel restrictions introduced recently as part of COVID-19 public health guidelines. The Operation ran from Wednesday, April 8 at 12noon until Monday night, April 13. Every day of Operation Fanacht, An Garda Síochána conducted 150 permanent...
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14 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Today, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection issued payments to 533,000 people in respect of their application for the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment. Around 54,000 are receiving a payment for the first time. Of the 533,000, some 55,600 are in Cork. These payments are in addition...
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13 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Social Democrats were founded in Ireland in 2015. It is a centre-left party with 6 Dail seats, no Seanad seats, no MEP’s, and 19 Councillors. The party is better known in Cork since the 2020 election of Holly Cairns as a TD in Cork South West. As...
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