24 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A hardwood marketing event organised by the Teagasc Forestry Development Department took place at the Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, today. Proceedings were opened by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D., followed by a demonstration of a Peterson portable... Read More
24 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork has one national grade Horse Racing Track – ‘Cork Racecourse Mallow’ Those of us who are not interested in Horse Racing usually only hear about Cork Racecourse Mallow when it’s flooded, or some other disaster takes place. Two weeks ago there was a fire in a pub... Read More
24 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD, and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, David Stanton has hailed the decision to include the M20 Limerick to Cork motorway in the 10 Year Capital Plan, giving the green light to this long awaited project. Minister Stanton said “…I have... Read More
21 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork, Limerick and Waterford has reiterated its alternative to the proposed Cork-Limerick motorway. The party remade its call after the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, described the project as “the main missing link in our national road network” at a meeting of business leaders... Read More
20 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie When choosing any service there are a number of factors to take into consideration, and when choosing a Commissioner for Oaths the same is true. If you have an Affidavit or Statutory Declaration it may appear that you simply need a signature, or an autograph! but there is... Read More
20 October 2017, 5pm By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork County Council, is continuing to work to restore water supply to the remaining communities across the county impacted by Storm Ophelia. Over the past two days, water has been restored to a number of area, including the remainder of Fermoy,... Read More
20 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North West TD, Aindrias Moynihan has criticised the slowness in delivering the new Macroom Garda Station by the Government and the Minister for Justice and Equality. Deputy Moynihan was commenting after receiving an update from the Minister for Justice via way of a parliamentary question on the... Read More
19 October 2017, Thursday, 11.20am By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Excaution caution, and to travel with care Heavy rainfall with accumulations of 30-50 mm are forecast across Munster from 10am until midnight today. Cork City Council has issued a pre-cautionary warning to the public. There are large accumulations of fallen leaves at many locations around the city... Read More
18 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based Labour party spokesperson on Justice, Sean Sherlock TD has called on the Ministers for Justice and Communications respectively to take action on the huge number of fraudulent calls that are plaguing people across Ireland. Deputy Sherlock said: “Four weeks ago I raised with the Minister for... Read More
18 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The trade union ‘SIPTU’ has contacted the provisional liquidator of Charleville Credit Union, Charleville, County Cork, seeking a commitment that all entitlements due to its members will be promptly paid following the granting of a High Court application to wind up the financial institution on Friday (13th October).... Read More
18 October 2017, 5pm By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish Water is continuing to work with the ESB and Cork County Council to restore water supply to all customers in Co Cork in the wake of Storm Ophelia. Cork and Waterford were the counties most badly impacted by outages due to the storm. At its peak... Read More
18 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Local TD raises issues in Dáil during special debate Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Michael Moynihan has said that the primary objective must be to have a sustainable, functioning credit union operating in Charleville as quickly as possible. Deputy Moynihan was commenting after raising the recent... Read More
