28 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Cork North Central based Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said that the agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council this week setting a target of 100% zero-emission cars and vans by 2035 is a major milestone in our collective journey to make Europe carbon-neutral by... Read More
26 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Department of Environment urged to fully engage with all stakeholders offering solutions to support Ireland’s future security of energy supply The Department of Environment must defer the decommissioning of the Kinsale Gas Pipeline following its endorsement of liquified natural gas (LNG) and floating storage regasification units (FSRUs). That’s... Read More
25 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Think all candles are made equal? Think again. Recently founded in Kinsale, Co Cork, Wizard & Grace Essential Oil candles handcraft one of the most sustainable and eco-conscious candles available on the market. The start-up was set up purely because of the lack of genuinely healthy natural candle... Read More
22 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Global life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched its 2022 €40,000 Community Partnership Grant for charities and community groups in Cork’s Lower Harbour. Now in its third year, applications are open until 31 October with recipients to be announced before the end of the year. Submissions can... Read More
21 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork University Hospital intend to carry out works to fell the trees at the front of the campus “which have reached end of life”. The trees are located inside the perimeter railing by the front entrance to the hospital adjacent to the main road. The works will take... Read More
18 October 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Met Éireann have issued a Status Orange Rainfall Warning which comes into effect at 10pm this evening and remains in effect until Midnight on Wednesday. Heavy rain is forecast for tonight, throughout Wednesday and into Wednesday night with the possibility of thundery downpours which could lead to localised... Read More
18 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is delighted to announce the return of its annual Reuse Republic event which has not taken place in recent years due to Covid. This year’s event takes place in IRD Duhallow in Newmarket on Tuesday 25th October 2022 from 2-7pm. Taking place during National Reuse... Read More
17 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Rúin ón Spéir – Two Part Aerial Documentary Series – Wednesday 19th October on TG4 Ireland is a very different place, seen from above. Looking down, the secrets of the natural landscape, architecture, history and human experience appear in new and unexpected ways as the hidden stories, memories... Read More
16 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie EPA finds smelly Kinsale Waste Water treatment plant undersized for existing housing demand The EPA has published a report in the last week criticising the continuous and ongoing breaches at Kinsale’s waste water treatment plant (Site Visit Report Kinsale WWTP Oct 2022). For years residents have been complaining... Read More
14 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The service has experienced a significant amount of added pressure due to the removal of a dedicated service from the city to Cork airport, the 226A in April 2020, forcing tourists onto the Kinsale 226 route bus service. Bus Eireann’s heavily used bus service from Kinsale to Cork... Read More
14 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Tiny amounts of crude oil on the water surface, less than one percent of the thickness of a hair, can damage seabird feathers, a University College Cork (UCC) study finds. Researchers from the Marine Ecology Group in UCC in Ireland, collected feathers from Manx shearwaters, a seabird species... Read More
11 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie This week sees the beginning of substantial work to restore one of West Cork’s best examples of a natural oak woodland. Myross Wood in Leap, Co. Cork, that surrounds the Centre of Excellence for Climate Action and Sustainability (CECAS.IE) run by Green Skibbereen will see real restoration work... Read More