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9 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central Deputy Jonathan O’Brien today condemned the actions of the State Examinations Commission for delaying decisions concerning a student’s appeal for reasonable accommodation during the Leaving Cert. Deputy Jonathan O’Brien, the former Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson said; “Every year I have been...
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9 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has called on the Agriculture Minister (Cork TD Michael Creed of Fine Gael) to intervene to speed up the TAMS application process. Since the introduction of the scheme last year, more than 5,000 applications have been lodged but...
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7 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anti-Austerity Alliance TD for Cork-North Central, Mick Barry, has called for immediate rent controls ‘with teeth’ to be introduced as two UN experts raised concerns about the huge increase in homelessness in Cork. The UN experts also criticised the government for their lack of a response to their...
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2 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie While water safety is ultimately a matter for each individual it is reassuring to know that the Cork County Beach Lifeguard Service will come into effect this Saturday, 4th June for the 2016 Season. The Beach lifeguards will be on patrol at:- The Warren, Inchydoney, Owenahincha, Tragumna,...
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2 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When Noreen Murphy lost her husband Donal to suicide in 2007, there was no service to help her in her locality. So Noreen established Lisheens House West Cork Suicide Prevention Service so that others would never again be in that position. To mark her charity she has...
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1 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Mr. Tim Lucey has today welcomed the significant decision made by An Bord Pleanala on 31st May, 2016 to approve the Councils Planning Scheme for the Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) at Monard. Mr. Lucey said “This decision gives national recognition to the Council’s strategic approach to forward planning in...
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31 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The CEIA – Cork’s Technology Network – today (Tuesday) launched a new App development competition for transition year students based on the logic of George Boole. SySTEM, a team-based competition that will run over a 12-week period starting in September 2016, will require teams of up to 8...
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30 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Cork county community food project has been announced as one of 13 all island projects to receive funding from safefood for the 2016-18 Community Food Initiatives (CFI) Programme launched last week. The CFI programme is designed to positively influence the eating habits of families in low income...
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26 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Dara Murphy TD, Minister of State for European Affairs, Data Protection and the EU Digital Single Market, today welcomed the findings of a new Red C poll commissioned by European Movement Ireland, which shows that Irish support for the European Union remains very high and is growing, in...
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23 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie County Mayor, Cllr. John Paul O’Shea and the Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Mr. Tim Lucey, are leading a delegation to Jiangsu Province, China from May 23rd. Members of the delegation include representatives from UCC, CIT, CETB, IDA, Cork Chamber, it@Cork, Green Ireland International and officials...
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20 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Andrew Hogan has been appointed as General Manager of Cork Racecourse Mallow (Horse Racing), a role he will carry out in conjunction with his current position as Manager of Tipperary Racecourse. Andrew, from Nenagh in County Tipperary, has an Honours degree in Business, Accounting and Finance from...
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19 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of County Cork, Cllr. John Paul O’Shea has come out strongly in response to an objection lodged by the Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA) against the granting of a licence to Norwegian Air International to commence its planned Cork – Boston route. He said: “The...
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