4 January 2016, 3pm By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Cork City region has experienced better weather over-night and into today (Monday). Met Éireann is forecasting that this improved weather will continue through to Wednesday when the next weather system is forecasted to impact on the region. The ESB has advised that they are currently discharging... Read More
4 January 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South and member of the EU Transport Committee, Deirdre Clune has warned those who are buying a second hand car in the month of January to be on the lookout for signs that the car’s mileage has been tampered with. Speaking as we... Read More
4 January 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 13,000 sub-prime mortgages in arrears for more than two years Fianna Fáil Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath TD has described as inexcusable the Government’s complete failure to take action to deal with the spiralling arrears crisis in the sub-prime mortgage market, noting that the owners of these loans are... Read More
4 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Mick Barry this morning said that NAMA should be directed to organise a u-turn and to start prioritising the provision of affordable housing across the state. His call came after daft.ie released its latest report showing a 13.1% jump in house prices outside of... Read More
3 Janaury 2016, 10.30am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork City Flood Assessment Team met again this morning to review the ongoing situation with regard to continuing poor weather and flood risk. The latest weather system brought further substantial rainfall to the region overnight. No serious flooding occurred in the City. A Met Éireann... Read More
2 January 2016, 11.30am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork City Flood Assessment Team met again this morning to review the ongoing situation with regard to continuing poor weather and flood risk. The latest weather system brought very heavy rainfall to the region over the past 24 hours. Cork City Fire Services and emergency... Read More
31 December 2015, 4pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The N25 between Castlemartyr and Killeagh still remains severely flooded and will not re-open to traffic until tomorrow (New Years Day) at the earliest. The following updated traffic plan has been agreed between Cork County Council and An Garda Siochana and will come into place at... Read More
31 December 2015, 12 noon By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork City Flood Assessment Team met again this morning to review the ongoing situation with regard to continuing poor weather and flood risk. The Cork region experienced less severe weather overnight in the aftermath of Storm Frank. The Lee Catchment has suffered substantial and... Read More
31 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On January 15 2016, at a Gala Awards Lunch at the Rochestown Park Hotel, the Cork Person or Persons of the Year will be announced. The winner will be chosen from the Cork Persons of the Month selected over 2015. Some 250 guests will attend the awards... Read More
28 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North Central Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien has stated that the scale housing crisis demands a genuine commitment to creating a better housing system, along with a commitment to tackle emergency homelessness in a pragmatic way. As part of a wider plan to tackle the housing crisis,... Read More
27 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The ESB has advised that flows from Inniscarra Dam will increase to 180 cumecs (cubic metres per second) today, Sunday 27th December. This was the level of flow from the dam (180 cumecs) between 6 and 12 December following Storm Desmond. The ESB will continue to closely... Read More
27 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie During last night the Coast Guard’s Rescue 115 and Rescue 118 completed two helicopter missions which bringing the total number of completed helicopter missions to 1,000 in a single year; the first time since the Coast Guard’s helicopter service commenced in 1991. Many of the services were carried... Read More
