6 week waiting list for MABS is unacceptable

Socialist Party councillor Mick Barry this morning warned that the lengthy wait times for appointments with the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) is playing into the hands of unscrupulous moneylenders in the runup to Christmas. There are currently 2000 people on MABS waiting lists with an average national wait time of 5 weeks for... Read More

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1st November, 2010

Batt leads Irish firms on Middle-Eastern trade mission

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today [Monday] begins a week-long trade mission to the Middle East with 45 Irish firms aimed at landing lucrative deals and creating jobs at home. The Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is the latest foreign trip led by... Read More

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31st October, 2010

George Boole House – No 5 Grenville Place, Cork City – remains in state of disrepair

31 October 2010 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mick Murphy, the Green Party Spokesperson for Community Development today said “It is a sad reflection on Cork City Council that in the week that Ireland hosted a Web Summit… the former home of the father of computer science, Professor George Boole may be about to fall... Read More

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29th October, 2010

Oedipus comes to Cork

Arguably the most toured production in Irish theatre history, Pan Pan Theatre’s individual take on the enduring myth of Oedipus is finally coming home with a highly–anticipated National tour, which kicks off at Cork’s Granary Theatre on Thursday 4 November and runs for just 3 performances before it continues on to Galway and Limerick. Oedipus... Read More

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29th October, 2010

Cork City FC v Salthill Devon preview

Cork City will be looking to bounce back from last week’s surprise defeat to Salthill Devon and end the season with a win, as they travel to take on Wexford Youths tomorrow night. City have met Wexford on three occasions this season, once in the EA Sports Cup and twice in the League, and have... Read More

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29th October, 2010

Cork Entrepreneurs have New York in the palm of their hand

In Hand Guides (IHG), an Irish company based in Cork providing low cost embedded audio players, and Twin America who operate CitySights NY and Gray Line New York, today (Friday 29th October 2010) announced a partnership. Under the terms of the deal, which was secured with support from Enterprise Ireland’s New York Office, In Hand... Read More

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29th October, 2010

Cork Support Group for Strokes to be launched

A Stroke Support Group for adults living with the experience of stroke and their carers is being launched in Cork in the Clarion Hotel on November 3rd, 6.30pm -9.00pm. The evening, chaired by Anne Riordan of the Irish Heart Foundation, will be informative and of interest to patients, relatives, health care workers or any member... Read More

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28th October, 2010

An open letter from Dan Boyle to Cork Flood victims

Dear Resident, The flooding experienced in parts of Cork last November was a disaster that every citizen hopes won’t revisit our city again. The Green Party as part of government will do everything possible to help those affected by the disaster and I welcome any suggestions you may have to ensure a repeat of this... Read More

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28th October, 2010

CIT Conferrings

More that 2,500 students will Graduate from Cork Institute of Technology, over a two-day period, Today (Thursday 28th) and Friday 29th. These are the most important days in the Institute’s Annual Calendar – on Thursday, October 28th, from 10am, students from the Departments of Accounting & Information Systems, Tourism & Hospitality, Management & Marketing, Social... Read More

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27th October, 2010

Cork students still waiting for grants

Cork City Council has yet to make a single payment under the Higher Education Grant Scheme this year, with the majority of claimants waiting until December or even later for their first instalment. In response to a question from Sinn Fein Councillor Fiona Kerins, the City Manager also revealed that of 574 new applications received... Read More

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27th October, 2010

Cork City needs traffic calming measures says Cllr

Cork City manager Tim Lucey has conceded that it would take nearly 30 years to deal with all the traffic calming requests in the city at the current rate of progress. He was replying to a written question from Socialist Party councillor Mick Barry at last night’s meeting of Cork City Council. Cllr Barry had... Read More

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27th October, 2010

Funding for Glen Preschool

Cllr. Kenneth O’Flynn has welcomed the announcement that €150,000 has been allocated to the Glen Preschool, Glen Avenue by Pobail. As a result of this funding, the Pre School will be able to construct a new playground and will also be able to put in place additional prefabs, as well as setting up activates for... Read More

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