12 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Gardaí continue to investigate the stabbing of of a man in his 20s at Pearse Square, Ballyphehane, Cork. The victim received a number of stab wounds around 9.30pm on Tuesday 7th April 2020, and was taken to Cork University Hospital. The incident occurred after an altercation between two... Read More
12 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie HSE occupational sick pay scheme must immediately be extended to all Section 39 care workers – says Cork TD HSE occupational sick pay scheme must immediately be extended to all Section 39 care workers including in nursing homes and residential care settings to help fight to save lives... Read More
12 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 14 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died. · 12 deaths located in the east, 2 in the west of the country · the people included 6 females and 8 males... Read More
11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Easter Egg run by Ballyphehane Togher Community Development Project (BTCDP) and An Garda Siochana (Togher Community Policing)
11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of a Midleton Drugs Unit operation, surveillance of an 18-year-old man was carried out today, 11/04/2020, in the Ballick area of Midleton, Co Cork. The man was observed retrieving two gear bags from under a tree. Gardaí then searched the man discovering €45,000 worth of Cannabis,... Read More
11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí have arrested and charged and male, aged in his mid-20s, in relation to the theft of a car in Cobh, Co Cork on Friday, 10th April 2020. At approximately 10.30pm, the driver of the car, a male aged in his late teens, was parked in a residential... Read More
11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardai have arrested a man and seized €125,000 of suspected cocaine in Fermoy, County Cork. The Gardai’s Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit had been conducting a surveillance operation at a wooded area at Cullenagh, Fermoy, Cork. Gardaí observed a man arrive at the location on Saturday 11th April... Read More
11 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Government actions being taken via the planning laws will support businesses, the public health response, and the planning system itself for the period of the Covid-19 crisis. This package of measures will enable temporary health facilities, removes the requirement for planning to change from a restaurant to a... Read More
11 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Library Service has begun delivering books directly to the doorsteps of some of it’s vulnerable members who are isolating during COVID-19. From Kilworth to Kilcrohane and everywhere in between, those who ordinarily enjoy regular visits to their local library can still count on having something... Read More
10 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Easter Bank Holiday Appeal from the HSE’s South / South West Hospital Group With temperatures set to increase this Easter Bank Holiday weekend, management at the HSE’s South / South West Hospital Group are appealing to members of the public to continue to follow the Government’s COVID-19 guidelines... Read More
10 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork training charity, Ag Eisteacht, SHEP (The Social & Health Education Project) and Dr Nicola O’ Sullivan, social care and wellbeing specialist, have launched a series of free, on-line self-care, reflective practice and peer support opportunities to support frontline practitioners during the Covid-19 pandemic. The ‘Supporting the Heart... Read More
10 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) and RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) are asking the public not to take part in any water-based activity on or in the sea, while the current national emergency restrictions are in place. Both organisations are highlighting the importance of minimising the risk to... Read More