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9 January 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie General Election 2016 Cork North Central TD Dara Murphy launched his re-election campaign last evening, at a well attended event in The Kingsley Hotel in Victoria Cross. Profile Dara Murphy (born 2 December 1969) was elected to the Dail in the 2011 general election. He prsviously servec as...
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9 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Rural pubs regaining confidence as CSO shows pub sales rise by over 5% year on year Fine Gael Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Tourism Taskforce, Deirdre Clune, has described our rural pubs as the jewel in the crown of Irish tourism and welcomed tentative...
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8 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D., announced details of the timetable for a two and a half year programme of core remediation works at Haulbowline Island which will see the remediation of the Island completed by mid 2018 at a meeting of the...
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7 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Farmers have played pivotal role in helping communities Fine Gael TD for Cork East, Tom Barry, has said that a €2 million Government fodder scheme will provide vital relief for farmers in East Cork whose fodder has been destroyed in recent flooding. This scheme which has been...
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6 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. today launched a scheme of assistance for farmers who have suffered fodder losses as a result of the severe flooding in recent weeks. This new scheme was agreed at the Government meeting yesterday. Minister Coveney confirmed that...
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6 Janaury 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dara Murphy, The Cork based Junior Minister with responsibility for the EU, says record Enterprise Ireland jobs growth in 2015 signals robust year ahead for Cork businesses. Dara Murphy TD, Minister for European Affairs, has praised management at Enterprise Ireland and their local staff in Cork and the...
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5 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ahead of this afternoon’s Cabinet meeting, IFA Flood Project Chairman Tom Turley said the Government must establish a flooding fund for farmers to deal with the losses they have incurred as a result of the recent flooding. Tom Turley said the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must make...
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5 December 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie “Decreased motor taxes for road hauliers in 2016 will mean savings for businesses across the country and will help to create jobs”, says Fine Gael TD for Cork North West, Áine Collins. “From dealing with the Irish Road Haulage Association, I know that this will have a significant...
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4 January 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South and member of the EU Transport Committee, Deirdre Clune has warned those who are buying a second hand car in the month of January to be on the lookout for signs that the car’s mileage has been tampered with. Speaking as we...
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22 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Government will increase grants for schools Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Jim Daly, who also is Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Education Committee, has welcomed the news that the practise of primary schools demanding cash payments from parents will come to an end. “This is an issue...
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21 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that efforts by Joan Burton to portray the Labour Party as the social conscience of the coalition government and a brake on Fine Gael’s low-tax, cheap labour economy are a “pathetic attempt to distance Labour from five years of...
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17 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, Deirdre Clune (from Cork City), has welcomed new EU rules voted upon this week in Strasbourg that will tighten how companies can use people’s data. The new rules give the consumer incraesed rights over how their personal data is used by banks,...
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