30 October 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Garda Commissioner – Martin Callinan – is in Cork this morning to launch a “Crime Prevention Day” An exhibition is taking place in City Hall from 11am to 6pm It will focus on all aspects of Crime Prevention and will include exhibitors from the security industry... Read More
29th October 2013, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “The method of calculating rates for businesses needs to be reformed” That’s the consensus of Cork County Councillors who today agreed to write to the Minister asking for an overhaul of the system. Business rates are collected by a local authorities but their method of calculation... Read More
24th October 2013, Tuesday By TheCork.ie Politics Reporter news@TheCork.ie Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, has announced Government support for Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited’s (Dairygold) €33 million investment to expand and upgrade its milk processing facilities at Mitchelstown. This investment has been supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and... Read More
24th October 2013, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Mayor, Cllr Noel O’Connor (FG), today welcomed the announcement of €2.5m grant funding from Fáilte Ireland towards the development of Spike Island as a unique tourism attraction in Cork Harbour. Co-funding by Cork County Council of €1.5m will bring to €4m the total investment... Read More
24th October 2013, Tuesday By TheCork.ie Politics Reporter news@TheCork.ie Labour Party TD for Cork South West, Michael McCarthy has welcomed news from the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, that the home renovation scheme announced in Budget 2014 will begin this Friday, instead of next year as originally announced. The tax relief for home renovation and... Read More
22nd October 2013 By TheCork.ie Politics Reporter news@thecork.ie Deputy Sandra McLellan has called on the Minister for Arts Heritage and Gaeltacht to ensure that Vernon Mount House on Cork’s Southside to be renovated and opened to the public. Speaking today during the course of questions to the Minister, the Cork East TD and Sinn Féin... Read More
18th October 2013, Friday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie In recent times, Midleton has taken a lead in putting ‘accessibility’ centre-stage through its participation in an EU wide pilot accessibility project called ISEMOA. Improving accessibility of pedestrian, cyclist and public transport services and facilities is at the heart of the project to enable all citizens to adopt... Read More
18th October 2013, Friday By TheCork.ie news@thecork.ie Fine Gael has selected its Local election 2014 candidates for the south side of the city. In the South West Ward which covers Bishopstown, Wilton, Glasheen, Togher, and the area around UCC Barry Keane and Cllr. John Buttimer were selected with a third candidate to be added later.... Read More
17th October 2013, Thursday By TheCork.ie Reporter news@TheCork.ie The Mayor of Cobh – Labour Cllr John Mulvihill Jnr – has welcomed confirmation that a planning application to transform the State’s largest toxic waste dump into vast public parkland as part of a €40m clean-up is due to be lodged within weeks. The Haulbowline site has... Read More
8th October 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Melissa Mullane this week took her seact on Mallow Town Council having being co-opted by Sinn Fein onto the seat vacated by Willie O Reagan.Cllr Mullane a long serving Dairygold employee is well known in political and community circles having been chosen recently to contest the county council elections... Read More
30th September 2013, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie The former Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Emmet O’Halloran (FG) has said that he is furious at the emergence of promotional material for Cork Rebel Week which refers to Michael Collins as a langer. O’Halloran who was first behind the idea to establish an International... Read More
30th September 2013, Monday By TheCork.ie Reporter news@TheCork.ie Socialist Party Cork City Councillor Mick Barry this morning slammed reports that Labour Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton is considering abolition of the telephone allowance scheme and massive cutbacks in the electricity and gas allowance scheme. Yesterday’s SUNDAY TIMES reported that “the telephone allowance for 410,000... Read More