7 October 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Historic Monuments Advisory Committee (HMAC) hosted a morning seminar in County Hall which was attended by over 100 people from all over the Country. The presentation was an initiative of the County archaeologist Annette Quinn who invited experts from the National Monuments Service of the... Read More
6 October 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Independent Ireland has “thanked” Aontú for “adopting several of our policy initiatives”. Statement from Cork City Cllr Ken O’Flynn, who is the Chairperson of Independent Ireland, and General Election Candidate for Cork North Central I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to Aontú... Read More
4 October 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Lack of access to GP services causing anger for people in north Cork Fianna Fáil TD James O’Connor has said people are not able to access day to day healthcare services due to a shortage of GPs services in north Cork. The Cork East TD told the Dáil... Read More
30 September 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has formally appointed Valerie O’Sullivan as its new Chief Executive, following a recruitment process conducted by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Dan Boyle congratulated Ms O’Sullivan on her appointment. “At a specially convened meeting this evening, Valerie O’Sullivan was appointed... Read More
30 September 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie The data from a Daft.ie Report is based on an analysis of the full database of properties posted for advertisement on Daft.ie up to late June 2024 In Cork City, prices in the third quarter of 2024 were 4% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise... Read More
29 September 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Transport Spokesperson and Cork East TD James O’Connor has confirmed funding for construction works on the N72 Fermoy Town Pavement Improvement Scheme has been given the green light. Deputy O’Connor said Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has advised Cork County council that it can award a construction... Read More
28 September 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A new website will help the public in Cork access information on over 1,000 local Government services provided by the 31 local authorities, 2 of which are in Cork, being Cork City Council and Cork County Council LocalGov.ie, launched by Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government... Read More
21 September 2024, Saturday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Joe Carroll together with Minister of State, Colm Burke TD and Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Moira Murrell have cut the ribbon for the official opening of The Briery Gap Theatre and Library. The site, which is positioned... Read More
21 September 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The CSO is calling on the people of Cork to make history this weekend by completing the first ever online Census Pilot Survey The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is today (19 September 2024) calling on households in Cork to take part in the Census Pilot Survey on or before Census... Read More
19 September 2024 By Mary Bermimgham mary@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central, Thomas Gould, was today informed that the results of a review into the future of the old Cork prison site are due by the end of this month. Deputy Gould said: “I want to be very clear, this review cannot result... Read More
18 September 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced a new Affordable Housing Purchase Scheme in Macroom. Applications for the new two and three bed houses at Meadowlands, Macroom will open at 12 noon on Monday the 30th of September 2024. Constructed by Massey Developments Ltd., the houses will generally be available... Read More
11 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Over 8,000 Uisce Éireann’s customers in Fermoy and Killavullen in County Cork will welcome the recent news that their water supply has been removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of vulnerable water supplies. Uisce Éireann recently completed upgrade works at Coolrue Water Treatment Plant (WTP)... Read More