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25 April 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins has called on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to deliver on commitments that have been made with respect to the upgrading of Clonakilty Fire Station. The Independent TD raised the matter in the Dáil where he highlighted significant issues with the current building...
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19 April 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins has once again highlighted the ongoing legal and financial plight of O’Donovan’s Hotel in Clonakilty as its owners battle with actions being taken by the credit management and debt purchase company Everyday Finance. This is the third time Deputy Collins has...
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16 April 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Event will take place in Bantry on Saturday May 27th The Mayor of the County of Cork, Councillor Danny Collins, will host a not to be missed Charity Dinner on Saturday 27th May 2023 at the West Lodge Bantry. It promises to be a memorable summer evening of...
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29 March 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West, Michael Collins, has called on the Minister for Education, Norma Foley, to provide definitive reassurances to a number of schools in the constituency with respect to funding allocations for 2023 and beyond. Deputy Collins was speaking during a Dáil debate on an Education...
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28 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins has blasted the Government’s decision to approve the purchase of 4.1 million carbon credits from Slovakia at a cost of €2.9 million to help meet its 2020 climate ambition targets. Deputy Collins was speaking during a Dáil motion on the matter...
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28 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bantry Library, a building of great architectural interest, is set to receive a grant of €259,920 from the Heritage Council for external conservation works. Cork County Council applied for the Historic Towns Initiative 2023 grant, which will fund much-needed refurbishment to preserve the library’s unique features. Bantry Library...
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23 February 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Politics Poor political and departmental leadership is contributing significantly to the ongoing crisis being experienced within the private forestry sector, according to Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins. Deputy Collins made his remarks during a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The...
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22 February 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins has told the Dáil that he is seeing an alarming rise in the number of people attending his constituency clinics who are being left with no option but to sleep in their vans and cars because of the lack of available...
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15 February 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Danny Collins today visited four Social Housing Developments in Charleville that will provide 64 new homes in the town. The developments consist of a Cork County Council Turnkey Development and three schemes undertaken in partnership between the Council and Approved...
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14 February 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins has once again made an urgent appeal for the recruitment of additional driver tester staff for the Skibbereen Driving Test centre. Deputy Collins raised the matter directly with the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, in the Dáil, where he pleaded with him to...
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22 January 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie FISHERIES/POLITICS: West Cork Independent Deputy Michael Collins and his colleagues in the Rural Independent group demand financial support package for inshore fishermen The government can no longer stand idle when a variety of factors is driving the inshore fleet into a catastrophic financial gorge. The Rural Independent TDs...
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12 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie HEALTH POLITICS: A furious Deputy Michael Collins TD slams the HSE for withdrawing their appeal against the mental health commission’s decision to close beds in the Bantry hospital mental health unit “This decision paves the way for bed closures in the much-needed Bantry mental health unit from 18...
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