23 November 2015, 4.30pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works, today (Monday 23 November) encouraged members of the public to visit Blackpool Community Centre in Cork for the Public Information Days on the Blackpool (River Bride) Flood Relief Scheme. These Public Information Days... Read More
20 November 2015, Friday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada today met with Mrs. Patricia Mallon, Honorary Consul of France in Cork to express her solidarity and sympathies in the wake of the attacks in France. Above: File photo of Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada Following the meeting Ní Riada... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The headline as Gaeilge means Liadh Ní Riada MEP congratulates Gaelscoil Mhuscraí on E-Twinning project. Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada congratulated the children of Gaelscoil Mhuscraí in Blarney on the completion of the E-Twinning project. The Ireland South MEP was attending a special ceremony at the... Read More
20 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s only senior Minister; Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., this morning attended the Naval Service Reserve Commissioning Ceremony at the Naval Base, in Haulbowline, Co. Cork. Speaking at the Commissioning Ceremony, Minister Coveney offered his congratulations to the three newly commissioned officers of the Naval Service... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie €228 million in new and upgraded water infrastructure for Cork City and County Fine Gael Cork North West TD, Áine Collins, has said that Cork is to benefit significantly from Irish Water investment, with €228 million in new and upgraded water and wastewater infrastructure for the City... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A public meeting will be held in Clonakilty tonight and will focus on the need for greater community care for older people, the future of nursing homes and district hospital and Home Care support. Councillor Margaret Murphy O’Mahony, the Fianna Fáil Dáil candidate in Cork South West, is... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence Simon Coveney launched Cork Simon Community’s Annual Report. Facts and figures Cork Simon served 1,314 different people in 2014 – which is up 11%. 11,289 hot meals were served – the highest number in over five years. Cork Simon’s Annual... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The increasingly outspoken* Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Jim Daly, who also is Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Education Committee, said that primary schools must put an end to demanding cash payments from parents. [* it will be recalled that just three months ago in a... Read More
20 Novemeber 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin General Election candidate Cllr Donnchadh Ó Loaghaire has hit out at proposals to put tolls on the South Link Road in Cork, saying that it would lead to “suburban chaos”. He was responding to reports in yesterdays Evening Echo, which indicated that tolls on the... Read More
19 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork’s only senior Minister is Carrigaline based Simon Coveney TD. He serves as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Minister Coveney has welcomed agreement reached at today’s Task Force meeting on a new system for migrant workers in the fishing industry. The Minister, who also chaired... Read More
19 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, Jerry Buttimer, has demanded an explanation as to why Cork City Council has not used all of the housing funding allocated to it. Deputy Buttimer was speaking in Dáil Éireann and was referring to information furnished to him by the... Read More
18 November 2015, 7am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Mick Barry will launch a new initiative this morning aimed at highlighting what he describes as “rent scandals” in Cork. The initiative takes the form of a new facebook page titled Rent Rip Off Cork which will invite tenants to send in stories... Read More
