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18 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Councillor Oliver Moran selected to contest Cork North Central by-election for Greens Green Party members in Cork North Central have nominated their first-time councillor for Cork City North East, and Green Party spokesperson for political reform, Oliver Moran to contest the by-election in the constituency. Speaking after his...
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9 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called for the extension of Community Safety Forums to Glanmire to help resolve local issues, including persistent anti-social behaviour. The call follows reports of youths throwing bottles at people using John O’Callaghan Park on Saturday night. The forums, which are already established...
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6 August 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Members of the Green Party in Cork today held a remembrance event to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the day the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing over 100,000 Japanese civilians. It was followed by the bombing of Nagasaki, with both bombings accounting for...
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1 August 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Green Party renews calls for a citizens’ assembly on local government reform in Cork The latest call comes after Cork City Council advertised for the role of an Assistant Chief Executive with a salary of €130,000. The figure of €130,000 featured heavily during the plebiscite campaign on a...
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3 July 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called for a shift from a car-first approach to a greater emphasis on public transport, cycling and walking in the how the National Development Plan affects the region. Speaking this afternoon, Green Party councillor in Cork City North East, Oliver Moran, replied...
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9 June 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called for a Citizens’ Assembly on local government reform in Cork. The call follows the narrow rejection of the Government’s proposal for a directly elected mayor in the city. The party, which had called for a Yes vote to the plebiscite, said...
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24 May 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Green Party has called for a more ambitious timeline for delivery of a light rail system in Cork in light of the declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency by Dáil Éireann. Plans contained in the Cork Metropolitan Area Draft Transport Strategy 2040 include a 17km light...
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22 May 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has said Cork City Council should consider areas in the new expanded city boundary as locations for new electric car charging points. The Government recently announced that it is to invest €20m in high-powered charging units across the country. Director of roads, Gerry...
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2 May 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork is proposing that a Climate Action Committee be established in both local authorities in Cork following the local elections in May. The party claims that the scale of the crisis is such now a response is needed by every part of society and...
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4 April 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has welcomed detailed policy proposals for a directly-elected mayor and backed a Yes vote in the up-coming referendum. The party’s candidate in the Cork City North East ward and spokesperson on political reform, Oliver Moran, had been among those most vocally calling for...
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2 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called on Cork City Council to set in place a trees policy for the city. The call comes at the start of National Trees Week and amid concern by communities across the city about the loss of trees in Cork. A trees...
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27 February 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has welcomed the starting of works to clean up an illegal dump at Ellis’s Yard in Ballyvolane. However, the party warned that Cork City Council must make a decision on the long-term use for the site otherwise illegal dumping will resume, if it...
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