Cork Girl is runner up at National Leadership Awards

Cork girl, Deirdre Healy made it to the final six of the Macra na Feirme Bank of Ireland National Leadership Awards, however, she was pipped at the post as she came runner up to the three winners of this year’s awards. The three winners of this year’s Macra na Feirme National Leadership Awards, sponsored by... Read More

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19th January, 2011

Public Bike Scheme in City

Councillor Kenneth O’Flynn (FF)has welcomed the decision by Cork City Council that a project team be established to fund public amenity projects such as a Public Bike Scheme. The idea of a Public Bike Scheme was one that Councillor O’Flynn brought to the attention of the Council last year and he is enthusiastic that the... Read More

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19th January, 2011

Main drainage scheme in Bandon to be prioritised – O’Sullivan

The main drainage scheme in Bandon is to be prioritised and done in conjunction with the local flood relief works, Cork South West Fianna Fáil TD Christy O’Sullivan has learned. Deputy O’Sullivan was informed that the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government will be hoping to put both projects in place over the coming... Read More

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19th January, 2011

100 new jobs at Cork Medical Centre

The new private hospital, the Cork Medical Centre, has announced it is recruiting for 100 new clinical staff as part of the second stage of it’s recruitment drive in the run up to opening their operating theatres for in-patients on 14th March. In order to support this they are hosting a Clinical Recruitment Day this... Read More

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19th January, 2011

House Prices Falling but Mortgages increasing

Socialist Party Cork City Councillor Mick Barry this morning called for mortgages to be cut in line with falling house prices in the wake of the latest Permanent TSB/ESRI report showing major falls in house prices last year. The report showed house prices to have fallen by an average 10.8% last year following on from... Read More

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19th January, 2011

Kathleen Lynch pays tribute to Bernard Allen

Statement from Kathleen Lynch follows: I would like to pay tribute to Deputy Bernard Allen who today announced that he will not be seeking re-election. Bernard has been one of the most hardworking constituency politicians in the Dail, and I have always found him to be kind, courteous and polite. His tenure as Minister for... Read More

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18th January, 2011

First Cork FAI Award for Women’s Soccer Coverage

18 January 2011 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie LifeFM received the award from the Football Association Of Ireland for their commitment to reporting women’s soccer. As well as regular show’s dedicated to the game locally, the station also sent reporters to a number of matches recently to report live from the games, including the European Women’s... Read More

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18th January, 2011

Lord Mayor praises Bernard Allen on the announcement of his retirement

Lord Mayor praises contribution made by Deputy Bernard Allen on the announcement of his retirement from public office The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Michael O’ Connell today (Wednesday 18th January) praised the contribution made by Deputy Bernard Allen ( F.G.) who announced his intention not to seek re-election in the forthcoming General Election. “In... Read More

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18th January, 2011

Bernard Allen TD announces retirement from politics

Speaking today (Tuesday) Bernard Allen TD, Fine Gael Cork North Central TD and Chairman of the PAC, said: Having consulted with my family and friends, I have decided not to contest the next General Election. It is with great reluctance that I have reached this decision especially at a time when I am convinced that... Read More

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18th January, 2011

Sugar market poses employment opportunities – Sean Kelly MEP

Sean Kelly MEP is to meet Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos to discuss solutions to the botched reform of the Irish sugar sector. Mr Kelly, who has been in talks with numerous stakeholders in Mallow and beyond, wrote to the Commissioner in December to request the meeting. Mr Kelly would like other Irish MEPs, public representatives,... Read More

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18th January, 2011

Port of Cork traffic increased in 2010

While all sectors at the Port of Cork experienced a challenging period during 2010, the end of year total trade traffic shows an increase. Total trade in 2010 through the Port of Cork amounted to 8.8 million tonnes, an increase of 8.6% compared to 2009. One area of increase which has a very positive effect... Read More

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18th January, 2011

Recycling Mayfield

Deputy Noel O’Flynn T.D. has welcomed the announcement by Cork City Council that a pilot scheme is to be introduced shortly in Mayfield, where by a set of bottle banks (3×1100 litres wheel bins fixed in place) would be placed in three different locations in the Mayfield area from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays. The... Read More

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