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30 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Marymount is calling on the people of Cork to support Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice Together with Bewley’s Celebrates by holding their own coffee morning on 14th September to raise vital funds for Marymount’s services. Representatives of Marymount met some of the campaign ambassadors recently to launch...
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29 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 100% of the proceeds of the Twilight Walk at Fota on the 27th July are donated to the charity – organisers Fota Wildlife Park director, Sean McKeown has presented a cheque for €11,422.30 to the Chair of BUMBLEance’s Cork Committee, Scott MacKeown. The proceeds were raised from...
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26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lady Mayoress invites the people of Cork to support Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice At 11.00 a.m. Wednesday 30th August, the Lady Mayoress of Cork, Georgina Fitzgerald, will launch Cork’s event supporting Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice. This actual event will...
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26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Mahon Point Shopping Centre is to be one of the venues in a series of charity undertakings by Fyffes who are taking to the road with their new ‘pop up kitchen’ to raise funds for new multisensory equipment at Temple Street Children’s Hospital. At the centre from 9.30am...
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25 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new partnership between Irish Charity, The Hope Foundation (HOPE) and VERDE LED, a leading Cork manufacturer of commercial energy saving LED lighting solutions, aims to improve the quality of life of the poorest families living in North and South Kashibad in the Sundarbans region of India by...
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25 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With just a four weeks until the Cork Women’s Mini Marathon (September 24th) it’s time to get into gear and what better way to get motivated than by joining one of Cork’s biggest teams? Last year over 100 dedicated ladies and a few brave men in skirts joined...
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24 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The builders have departed and the HSE are now in charge of the new extension just completed at Bandon Community Hospital. Fine Gael T.D. for Cork South West and Minister for Older People, Jim Daly confirmed that the builders handed the building over to the HSE on...
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24 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Spokesperson on Health in the Seanad, Cork North Central, Senator Colm Burke has expressed concern that one in four staff now employed by the HSE occupies an Administration or Managerial role. The total number of Administration/Managerial staff has increased from 15,112 in December 2014 to 17,194...
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23 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 29,688 waiting with 6,817 on the list for over a year Figures recently released to Fianna Fáil Disability Spokesperson Margaret Murphy O’Mahony show that almost 30,000 people are waiting for a first assessment for occupational therapy. The figures, up to the end of May 2017, show an increase...
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22 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie People with autism spectrum disorder, parents and clinicians have been encouraged to make submissions to a HSE review of autism supports and services. Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, said: “I want to ensure that people with ASD in Cork have access to the necessary supports and...
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21 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Since it opened on August 2nd, the Everyman production of the Brian Friel masterpiece, “Dancing at Lughnasa” has been attracting large, and very appreciative, audiences. Continuing in its tradition of bringing top quality drama to Cork, director, Julie Kelleher has, once again, produced a winner,”I’m so thrilled...
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16 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie HSE figures provided to the Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD (Cork North Central) show that more than 90,000 bed days were lost in the hospital system so far this year owing to delayed discharges. Patients are classified as delayed discharges when they no longer need to...
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