13 December 2015, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In The Ballymaloe Grainstore this this evening at 6pm Rachel Allen will be launching a photographic book depicting a day in the life at Ballymaloe House. Ballymaloe, A Day in the Life is a labour of love, choreographed by long-term staff member Daphne Spillane, Daphne sought... Read More
12 December 2015, Saturday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie ESB has reduced the spill at Inniscarra Dam to 150 cumecs (cubic metres per second) as of today. The heavy rain during Storm Desmond last weekend increased water inflows significantly into the Lee Dam reservoirs at Inniscarra and Carrigadrohid. On Monday, ESB increased its discharge from 150... Read More
10 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central and the party’s Seanad Spokesperson on Health Colm Burke has today welcomed a package of €85 million extra investment which was announced by Minister James Reilly for early years and after-school, including important improvements to the Early Childhood Care and Education... Read More
10 December 2015, Thursday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The annual Cork Lions Club Christmas Food appeal begins today, Gifts for the appeal will be collected at Merchant’s Quay SuperValu today (Thursday 10th December) until Saturday (12th December). Collections are also taking place at Ballyvolane Dunnes Stores today (Thursday 10th December) until Friday (11th December)... Read More
9 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI received an an alert from Valentia Coastguard at 09:29 this morning when a young boy in urgent need of medical attention required immediate evacuation from Cape Clear Island. Coxswain Aidan Bushe along with 5 volunteer crewmen were launched within minutes of the alert. They proceeded in... Read More
9 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork City Marathon will celebrate a decade of sporting success on Bank Holiday Monday 6 June 2016. In ten years the marathon has grown to be one of the biggest events on the Irish sporting calendar, attracting almost 100,000 runners to participate in the full and half... Read More
8 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie At their meeting today the Government decided to establish a fund of €5m to aid small businesses which have suffered damage to their property in the current flooding. The fund will be administered on behalf of the Government by the Red Cross. Welcoming the decision, the Minister... Read More
8 December 2015, 10.30am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A man in his sixties who had be reported missing overnight in Sprat Hill near Bantry, Co Cork, has been located safe and well. The Shannon based Coast Guard Helicopter, Rescue 115, and local Coast Guard units assisted Bantry Gardaí with a search operation that commenced last... Read More
8 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A meeting of the National Coordination Group to discuss the on-going severe weather was convened in the (NECC) National Emergency Coordination Centre yesterday (7th December 2015) to review the response to date, to assess the impact of the storms on infrastructure and communities and to ensure that the... Read More
8 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “Minister Spins While Patients Wait”, “Targets to be hit by June missed again in November” That is the summary from Cork TD Billy Kelleher, he is not happy with the Government Waiting list targets to be achieved by the end of June have again been missed says... Read More
8 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie If you have been flooded you may be able to get financial help from the Department of Social Protection’s Humanitarian Assistance Scheme. The means-tested scheme provides emergency financial assistance to households who are not able to meet costs for essential needs immediately following flooding. The scheme aims to... Read More
7 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie EU aid should be considered to bridge long delay in flood defence systems – says Cllr Margaret Murphy O’Mahony Fianna Fáil Cork County Cllr Margaret Murphy O’Mahony is calling on the Government to seriously examine new protocols to help businesses and homeowners in flood prone areas to... Read More
