10 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Padraig O’Sullivan TD welcomes the establishment of a working group that will examine issues such as fines under the Control of Dogs Act – Act dates from 1986 Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Padraig O’Sullivan welcomes the establishment of a working group that will examine issues... Read More
10 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie In these days of hearing about branch closures it’s unusual to hear of an upgrade Bank of Ireland has announced plans to invest €11.5m million across its nationwide branch network in 2023, with the Fermoy branch in Co Cork part of the upgrade plans. The planned network investments... Read More
10 January 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Dominican Religious order are selling their St Dominic’s Retreat Centre at Ennismore, Montenotte – Cork Greens welcome Cork City Council’s efforts to purchase land for use as a public park The Green Party in Cork has welcomed confirmation that Cork City Council is engaged in discussions with a... Read More
10 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie On January 27th 2023 the Cork Person(s) of the Year for 2022 will be announced at the 30th Gala Awards Lunch at the Rochestown Park Hotel In addition to the announcement of the overall Cork Person(s) of the Year, from a strong lineup of monthly winners, the awards... Read More
9 January 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for social housing delivery has already provided 1,000 new homes with approximately 2,700 in the pipeline The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, today welcomed the launch of a further bundle of projects under the social housing Public Private... Read More
7 January 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie High speed connectivity on the way as 2,100 premises in North Cork see build works commence – Areas include Ballydesmond, Boherbue, Kiskeam, Knocknagree, Cullen, Millstreet, and Ballydaly National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) has... Read More
5 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Socialist Party TD Mick Barry said this morning that the Government must extend cost of living supports past the planned February cutoff point. His comments came in the wake of the announcement that the State recorded a Budget surplus of €5bn for last year – five times greater... Read More
5 January 2023 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie ‘The longest-running arts sponsorship in Ireland’ The search to find the young artists who will excel in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition has begun. Last year four students from Co. Cork won prizes in the Competition, which is now in its 69th year and widely acknowledged as... Read More
4 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited has today announced that Sean O’Brien has been elected as its new Chairman Mr. O’Brien succeeds Mr. John O’Gorman who served as Chairman of the Society for the past five years and recently stepped down having served the maximum term permitted on the Dairygold... Read More
3 January 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Last month’s prized possession needs to return to the ground from whence it came Cork City Council is providing facilities for the acceptance of Christmas trees for recycling from householders in Cork City. Christmas trees may be deposited free of charge at any of the sites listed below... Read More
3 January 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Works will take place between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday, 4 January 2023 Irish Water is working in partnership with Cork City Council to carry out essential water main upgrade works, to safeguard the water supply for homes and businesses in the Fairhill area. The works are scheduled... Read More
2 January 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has welcomed a public consultation on a proposed pedestrian crossing of the Old Youghal Road The Green Party in Cork has welcomed a public consultation on a proposed pedestrian crossing of the Old Youghal Road near Cara Junior School in Mayfield. The crossing... Read More