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4 July 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney TD, today (Monday 04 July) launched Cork Simon Community’s Annual eReport for 2015. Speaking at the launch Cork Simon’s Director, Dermot Kavanagh described 2015 as the Community’s busiest year ever as more and more people were pushed into...
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3 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Voxpro, the well known Cork based call centre, has teamed up with the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Crosshaven to teach 40 Voxpro team members the art of sailing. The initiative is part of a fundraising drive to help raise vital funds for Voxpro’s charity partner Breakthrough Cancer...
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29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD and Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Pat Buckley TD has called on the government to do more to regulate charities to ensure that donations and state supports are being spent properly. He made his comments as part of a Topical Issue debate he...
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29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie
29 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Last weekends Colour Dash, sponsored by Aldi was a 5km race where colourful paint representing different types of cancer and cancer survivorship were thrown at participants as they completed the course. Money raised from Colour Dash will go towards the Irish Cancer Society’s work to help people reduce...
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23 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: ‘Climb to Remember’ loved ones in aid of The Mercy Hospital Foundation When: Sunday, June 26th, The Galtee Mountains The annual charity ‘Climb to Remember’ takes place on Sunday, June 26th and will see people from all over Munster rise to the challenge of climbing The...
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23 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD has welcomed reports that legislation to ban so-called Z drugs is to be expedited. The move follows Fianna Fáil’s demand that the Government’s legislation be brought forward immediately or Fianna Fáil would be introducing legislation of its own. Deputy Kelleher...
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21 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie By invitation of Lord and Lady Burlington, Lismore Castle Gardens, Co. Waterford was the stunning venue for the official launch of the 16th Annual Tour de Munster cycle in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI), on Monday, June 20th. The four day charity cycle, which was launched by...
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21 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Staff at the Bon Secours Care Village Mount Desert Cork have pulled off a rare double by winning a Gold CAP Award for excellence in both Housekeeping and Catering. In March this year the Care Village team also won the “Outstanding Team Award” at the Bon Secours...
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21 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Cork Senator, Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, and the Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar, that the Government is to provide fathers with two weeks of paid paternity leave. “The Paternity Bill will be formally published...
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18 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Charity night cycle Dusk ‘til Dawn has kicked off with registration now open to thrill-seeking cyclists who want to saddle up for the night-time cycle that runs from Cork to Crosshaven on Friday, July 8th. The unique adventure cycle, which is organised by FitzGerald Solicitors to raise money...
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14 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Local Cork cancer survivor, Joanie Hanley, has raised €21,000 to date and counting in her fundraising fight against cancer. Joanie Hanley, Fermoy-based mother of five and grandmother of four, practiced as a nurse in Cork until she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. During her treatment, Joanie...
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