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6 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Water, in partnership with Cork County Council, are delighted to announce that raw sewage from Cobh Town is now being treated. This is a big milstone in the Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage project. Taoiseach Micheál Martin officially today opened the Cork Dockyard Pumping Station, which transfers...
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6 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Inland Fisheries Ireland, the state agency with responsibility for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish and habitats and promotion of angling, has announced funding for 38 projects under its annual Sponsorship Programme, including two in Cork. The programme supports novice or ‘beginner’ anglers and the development of...
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6 September 20201 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Distillers, the producer of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys, has announced results for the 2020/2021 financial year (ending 30th June 2021). The results show that despite a challenging environment, the business experienced a strong financial year driven by the growth of Jameson...
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4 September 20201 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ireland has a ‘Naval Service’, not a Navy. It is small, but important, and it’s HQ is in Cork Harbour. Today the Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D. and the Taoiseach, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D., led an event in Cork to mark the 75th Anniversary of the...
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28 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie What is a Peace Commissioner? In other countries, it’s called a Justice of the Peace, but in Ireland – following independence in the 1920s – it was renamed as Peace Commissioner. It is one of a variety of names for a person who is authorised to sign legal...
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28 August 2021, Saturday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Bus Éireann operates the School transport scheme on behalf of the Department of Education. It will issue almost 100,000 bus tickets by Monday for the new school year. Free school transport is available for primary school children travelling to their nearest or second-nearest school which is more...
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28 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The highly anticipated 2021 Ortús Chamber Music Festival will start on Friday, September 3rd with the opening concert in MTU Cork School of Music in Cork at 8pm. Ortús Artistic Director, Sinéad O’Halloran will perform alongside Hannah Miller on French Horn, Stephanie Appelhans on Violin, Francesca Gilbert and...
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27 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has been allocated €320,000 to support the upgrade and enhancement of shopfront and street facades in 6 county towns through the Streetscape Enhancement Scheme. Bandon, Castletownbere, Charleville, Fermoy, Macroom and Passage West are set to receive support through the scheme, funded by the Department of...
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26 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork East Pat Buckley has warned that new figures published yesterday reveal large numbers of people in Cork are still receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and will see their incomes plummet due to upcoming cuts planned by the government. New figures published yesterday by...
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19 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A new all-terrain wheelchair to help people living with a disability enjoy the blue-flag Redbarn Beach in Youghal has been put into service. The wheelchair is the first one of its kind in East Cork and is the result of a partnership between Cork County Council, the Disability...
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15 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan is encouraging local community groups to apply for up to €25,000 in funding to improve and enhance their facilities. Community groups in Cork County can apply for between €1,000 and €25,000 euro to fund capital development projects, as part...
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14 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has said that Cork will receive a total of €320,000 to support the enhancement of streetscapes and shopfronts in rural towns and villages. The Streetscape Enhancement Initiative fund from Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, will provide funding to property...
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