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30 November 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Celtic Interconnector celebrates one year in construction milestone as project progresses in east Cork and France Construction on the Celtic Interconnector project, the subsea cable linking the electricity grids of Ireland and France, reached a significant milestone this week, passing one year in construction, only two years since... Read More
23 November 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is inviting owners and custodians to apply for funding to safeguard archaeological monuments in County Cork under the 2024 Community Monuments Fund. The Community Monuments Fund will enable conservation works to be carried out on archaeological monuments which are deemed to be significant and in need of support. It aims... Read More
22 November 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Following an assessment of the available information from Met Éireann and the likely impact a number of services on the Western side of both counties, scheduled to operate between those times, have been cancelled. All other services in Cork and Galway are scheduled to operate as normal but... Read More
12 November 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie PepsiCo has completed a €2.4million rooftop solar panel installation at its facility in Little Island. The project, which will significantly reduce the amount of electricity used by PepsiCo’s Little Island facility, commenced in 2023 and was finalised in August 2024. In total, there are over 3,400 individual solar... Read More
12 November 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The extension of the Solar for Schools Programme to all schools in Cork will support schools to reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint, a Fine Gael Minister has said. The first phase of the programme was launched late last year benefitting more than 1,100 schools and will... Read More
12 November 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie EirGrid, the operator and developer of the national electricity grid, is seeking the public’s input into its project to build the new transmission grid infrastructure necessary to bring power generated by offshore windfarms into our national grid. With Ireland set to take a significant step towards a greener energy... Read More
4 November 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Type in your eircode, and it will let you know An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission has today launched a new online tool for voters to find their constituency for the forthcoming general election. The online map available at www.electoralcommission.ie/what-constituency-am-i-in/ allows users to enter their Eircode or... Read More
4 November 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie View the video here https://youtube.com/shorts/sjlzraagBEM?si=m86NciNKmmVmj8Eh There are 65 lighthouses operated by Irish Lights dotted around Ireland in beautiful coastal locations. As their function in lighting our coasts is automated, many are now being regenerated as heritage buildings with a tourism focus – some are visitor attractions, while others... Read More