top of page 20 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The risk of industrial action in libraries in 13 local authority areas has reduced after local authority managers effectively dropped plans to amalgamate library services in 12 counties. IMPACT trade union hailed the decision, revealed by local authority management at a meeting of the... Read More
top of page 20 July 2016, Wednesday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin members from across Cork will gather in the Common Inn this Thursday evening, July 21st, as part of the process of setting out the party’s strategic direction for the next ten years. The meeting is one of over 40 meetings that will... Read More
top of page 19 July 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fewer than 5% of people are claiming their entitlements as millions of Euro is going unclaimed every year! In a recent global ranking of airlines, www.airhelp.com ranked Aer Lingus at 32nd and Ryanair at 39th Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, and member of the EU... Read More
top of page 19 July 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mundy wasn’t the only fan of July as festival season continues at pace in Cork City Centre. There truly is something for everyone with July being another jam packed month of spectacular festivals and events. The Laya City Spectacular takes runs over the weekend of... Read More
top of page 18 July 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie IMPACT will host a meeting for Early Childhood Care and Education professionals on Thursday 21st July at the Metropole Hotel, Cork, in order to provide advice about service contracts for staff and providers delivering the state-funded Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme. The meeting... Read More
top of page 17 July 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has said that despite the fact that Cork City Council tenants are paying a total of approximately €20 million per annum in rents for their homes the council’s housing maintenance scheme has been pared down to the bone. The Mayfield... Read More
top of page 16 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In previous years I was a mystery shopper for these awards, and can confirm they are great craic! Last year the Cork winner went on to become the National Winner. That was the ‘Perry Street Market Café’ This year there are six categories in... Read More
top of page 15 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Des Cahill, welcomed the increase in the city’s population as a vote of confidence in Cork. The Census of Population 2016 Preliminary Report estimated that there is an extra 6,392 people living in the city since 2011, an... Read More
top of page 14 July 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Political reform activist and Green Party candidate (whenever the next election may be) for Cork North Central, Oliver Moran, has called on the Government to set out how it intends to respond to the consequences of Census 2016 for Dáil constituencies. The rise in population... Read More
top of page 13 July 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North Central TD Jonathan O’Brien has hit out at the patient referral system currently in place at the MRI Unit in Cork University Hospital (CUH), branding it as “reprehensible to say the very least”. The MRI Unit at the hospital had recently sent letters... Read More
top of page 13 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Traffic at Cork Airport has increased; with latest figures released by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) showing further growth in June with terminal flights up by 19.1% compared with the same month last year. Year-to-date passenger numbers at Ireland’s best connected and fastest growing... Read More
top of page 13 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Out-going Chair of UCC Greens, Justin Fleming, said that the Lord Mayor driving an electric car would mean that Cork would be “leading by example” in response to climate change and peak oil. Mr Fleming said, “Petrol and diesel cars are ‘dead cars driving’... Read More
