16 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Families across Cork will potentially benefit from Labour’s plan to introduce a €2 per hour childcare system, Ciarán Lynch TD has said. It follows the publication of the Labour Party’s childcare proposals. Deputy Lynch said the changes will mean that families in Cork will have a little more... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie John Looney from Togher, Cork City, has been named ‘Cork Person of the Year’, for enhancing the lives of ill children over the past 23 years. John founded and runs the Cork City Hospital Children’s Club, which organizes trips for sick children, giving them lifelong happy memories.... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The new Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Phillip Lane, has agreed to meet with a delegation from the Cork based ‘Ballyhea Says No’ group to discuss the issues arising from their long-running campaign (they have marched every week since March 6th 2011, 254 weeks and... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Simon Coveney’s portfolio as Minister relates to Agriculture and the Marine, but as Cork’s only Senior Minister (the other ‘Ministers’ are Junior Ministers) Deputy Coveney is often looked upon as Corks’ ‘direct-line to Government’. Coveney has been quoted as blaming the delayed commencement of work on the South... Read More
14 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie West Cork based Labour T.D. Michael McCarthy has welcomed news that progress has been made to resolve water supply issues in Belgooly. Residents in the area have had to endure problems with the water supply for many years Speaking to TheCork.ie the Labour TD said “I have campaigned... Read More
14 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Sinn Féin TD Sandra McLellan has criticised the Government for “legitimising the two-tier health system that was the legacy of Fianna Fáil in power”. The Cork East deputy spoke of the unnecessary pain inflicted on patients, while Sinn Féin have plotted a costed pathway to universal healthcare.... Read More
14 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Speaking today on the UN Committee on the Rights of a Child in Geneva, where Ireland’s record on children’s rights was criticised, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Children, Sandra McLellan TD (Youghal) said: “With nearly 6,000 child protection cases awaiting assignment to social workers in Ireland, it comes as... Read More
14 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance Cork City Cllr Mick Barry this morning said that the economic recovery is bypassing hundreds of thousands of families after it was announced by Lidl and the Bia Food Initiative that Lidl plan to donate 100,000 meals in 2016 to 56 charities helping families living in... Read More
14 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Independent Cork South West Candidate Cllr Alan Coleman has called for the Government to use an existing model to force Insurance companies to offer flood insurance cover to those that are refused such cover. Cllr Coleman said “We already have the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) which... Read More
12 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie West Cork Labour TD Michael McCarthy has secured vital funding from the Department of Education and Skills to repair a dangerous school wall. Deputy McCarthy said, “The Department of Education and Skills have agreed to provide €12,500 to repair the dangerous perimeter wall at Scoil Phádraig Naofa, Dunmanway.... Read More
12 January 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie UCC is to benefit from €6.2 million in grants for research equipment and facilities. The funding is part of a €28 million investment by the Department of Jobs through Science Foundation Ireland, and it supports Ireland’s collaborations and partnerships with industry and academia internationally. An example of the... Read More
12 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin General Election candidate in Cork South Cental Cllr Donnchadh O’Laoghaire has described as “juvenile and desperate” comments made by Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, in which he labelled Sinn Féin as a mafioso organisation. Cllr O’Laoghaire said; “On one level, Deputy Martin’s comments are laughable. His... Read More
