top of page 6 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie On Friday 3rd April 2020, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection issued payments to 507,000 people in respect of their application for the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment. These payments are in addition to the 207,000 people on the Live Register on 3rd April... Read More
top of page 6 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Next time you hear the dreaded “I’m bored” or if you’re just desperate to drag them away from the TV or iPad, try some of these fun activities As a parent, you are your child’s first teacher. Your home is a place where lots of... Read More
top of page 5 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Cancer Society is concerned that people are putting their lives at risk because of a reluctance to seek medical help if they notice cancer symptoms. CEO of the Society, Averil Power, has urged everyone who is concerned about cancer to contact their GP... Read More
top of page 5 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Thérapie Clinic, which has a Cork branch on Opera Lane in Cork City, have made the decision to donate their entire stock of hand sanitiser, gloves and paper rolls to over 20 hospitals and nursing homes across Ireland and the UK worth in excess... Read More
top of page 5 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie ‘We Make Animated Videos, Mostly for Social Enterprises’; That’s the slogan of Storywise.ie. The business is run by Digital Storyteller Paul Shannon, and is made up of small team of digital storytellers, illustrators and animators who work with people, products and concepts they believe in. Paul... Read More
top of page 4 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has said that Ireland must fully utilise its domestic pharmaceutical industry in the fight against the Coronavirus emergency. Mr Ó Laoghaire added that Cork, Ringaskiddy in particular, is recognised internationally as a pharma hub and that the resources of... Read More
top of page 3 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie fudi&more, a Cork-based eatery with four outlets and a large-scale grocery distribution and food production facility in Marina Commercial Park, Cork, has today answered Ireland’s call to ensure that crucial front-line medical staff receive the nutrition and care they deserve in the escalating COVID-19 emergency.... Read More
top of page 3 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister for Health Signs Regulations to Assist with Prescriptions during COVID-19 Another traditional paper-based system goes digital during crisis Minister for Health Simon Harris has today (Friday, April 3rd) signed two statutory instruments to relieve some of the pressures on our GPs, pharmacists and patients... Read More
top of page 3 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork South Central, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, has highlighted significant failings with the wage subsidy scheme, which has meant that low paid workers are being penalised under the government’s Wage Subsidy Scheme. Speaking today Deputy Ó Laoghaire said: “Sinn Féin argued for,... Read More
top of page 3 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘The Race that Nearly Wasn’t’ Join the 2k a day lockdown challenge for Breakthrough Cancer Research 1 person dies every hour in Ireland from cancer – “the research we fund and the treatments we help find are in jeopardy without continuing support from the public”... Read More
top of page 3 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The last few weeks have changed the prospects for the Irish housing market entirely, with the COVID-19 pandemic reaching Ireland and completely disrupting everyday life for weeks and possibly months to come In Cork City, prices in the first three months of 2020 were 1%... Read More
top of page 2 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Many people in Asia routinely wear face masks to stop passing on illnesses to others, or to reduce pollution particles entering their airways, but public use of masks has been less common in Ireland, Europe and the United States where – in general – people... Read More
