top of page 11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí have arrested and charged and male, aged in his mid-20s, in relation to the theft of a car in Cobh, Co Cork on Friday, 10th April 2020. At approximately 10.30pm, the driver of the car, a male aged in his late teens, was parked... Read More
top of page 11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardai have arrested a man and seized €125,000 of suspected cocaine in Fermoy, County Cork. The Gardai’s Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit had been conducting a surveillance operation at a wooded area at Cullenagh, Fermoy, Cork. Gardaí observed a man arrive at the location on... Read More
top of page 11 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Government actions being taken via the planning laws will support businesses, the public health response, and the planning system itself for the period of the Covid-19 crisis. This package of measures will enable temporary health facilities, removes the requirement for planning to change from a... Read More
top of page 10 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Easter Bank Holiday Appeal from the HSE’s South / South West Hospital Group With temperatures set to increase this Easter Bank Holiday weekend, management at the HSE’s South / South West Hospital Group are appealing to members of the public to continue to follow the... Read More
top of page 10 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork training charity, Ag Eisteacht, SHEP (The Social & Health Education Project) and Dr Nicola O’ Sullivan, social care and wellbeing specialist, have launched a series of free, on-line self-care, reflective practice and peer support opportunities to support frontline practitioners during the Covid-19 pandemic. The... Read More
top of page 10 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) and RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) are asking the public not to take part in any water-based activity on or in the sea, while the current national emergency restrictions are in place. Both organisations are highlighting the importance of minimising... Read More
top of page 9 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Service users told their service will cease until emergency measures are no longer required – says TD Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West Michael Moynihan says cuts to home help hours, which are being implemented as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, must be... Read More
top of page 9 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Lobbying is underway by hopefuls to secure Seanad nominations for the Taoiseach’s 11 appointees. The 26th Seanad (the Upper House of the Irish Parliament) is made up of ‘Panels’ Cultural and educational panel: 5 Senators Agricultural panel: 11 Senators Labour panel: 11 Senators Industrial and... Read More
top of page 9 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Debenhams Ireland management have today (Thursday, 9th April) informed Mandate Trade Union that the Irish arm of the business is to enter into liquidation with the loss of almost 2,000 jobs in 11 stores across the country this includes Mahon Point Shopping Centre, Cork and... Read More
top of page 9 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork’s Friendly Call service, where volunteers make a daily call to people living alone, has seen a 27% hike in phone calls since Covid 19 restrictions began. Friendly Call is run by Cork City Partnership. It is one of the 30 plus organisations that are... Read More
top of page 9 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland will remember Titanic anniversary with a solitary floral tribute, instead of a public gathering For the first time in over 20 years, there will no public ceremony to mark the anniversary of the sinking of The Titanic in... Read More
top of page 9 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish scientists are leading the way in a ground-breaking research project which they hope will predict depression earlier in cancer patients via their smartphones and trusted medical markers and ultimately improve survivors’ quality of life and treatment aftercare. As many as one in five cancer... Read More
