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16 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Recruitment and retention of staff must be Minister Harris’ first priority – says Cork opposition TD Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central) has said that patient safety cannot be guaranteed as a result of the decision of the HSE to appoint doctors who have... Read More
16 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Mallow businessman Pat Crowley has been appointed Sales Manager at REL, one of Ireland’s leading companies providing specialist refrigeration, asset management mechanical services and renewables. Originally from Ballinlough in Cork City and now living in Mallow, Pat is well known in the hospitality sector. He owned and ran... Read More
13 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Sport, Kevin O’Keeffe has welcomed introduction of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017 but pointed out that it requires significant amendments to make it fit for purpose. “While there is merit in the proposal, the bill as currently presented includes... Read More
12 May 2017 By TomO’Sullivan tom@TheCork.ie KBC Bank Ireland today announced that as part of KBC Bright Ideas it has doubled its support fund to €200,000 and launched a new scheme for Ireland’s leading social innovators and entrepreneurs. KBC’s Business Bright Ideas will assist for-profit organisations in the business of having a positive impact on... Read More
12 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Changes in criteria severely limiting applications Cork North West TD, Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail) has severely criticised Agriculture Minister Creed’s office for changing the criteria needed to access direct payments under CAP this year. The Minister’s office are now insisting that young farmers must have completed a recognised FETAC... Read More
10 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Choice Based Letting Scheme will flounder without new social houses – says TD Things were better for Cork Councils under my Fianna Fail Party – indicates TD Cork North West TD, Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail) has said that Cork’s Social Housing Crisis will continue to deteriorate unless Minister... Read More
10 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie What do you do if you are running a radio station and you have an idea for a new show? Worldwide you need to make sure that the show will match with your audience, meanwhile here in Ireland you also need to make sure that the proposed show will... Read More
9 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork said that serious gorse fires – like the the blazes that broke out yesterday at Skibbereen and Schull, and recently in Gougane Barra, Kealkill, and the Sheepshead and Beara peninsulas – will become more prevalent if Minister for Heritage, Heather Humphreys, gets her way... Read More
8 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish Water is progressing work on a number of Cork water supplies which is aimed at facilitating their removal from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Remedial Action List (RAL) The Remedial Action List is updated quarterly by the EPA and Irish Water has a prioritised programme of investment for... Read More
7 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The newly elected 36th president of Macra na Feirme James Healy – from Kilmartin, Donoughmore, Co Cork – has called on Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to put, ‘together a package of measures and incentives specifically for young farmers including further access to low cost credit to help... Read More
7 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Jonathan O’Brien TD has said that the government must act to remove Garda Commissioner Noirin O Sullivan should she refuse to resign. Speaking as further pressure arrived for the commissioner today after it emerged that a senior civil servant in charge of verifying crime... Read More