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17 January 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Irish Water will this month begin a project to upgrade 2.4km of water mains in the Tivoli area of Cork city which will result in significant improvements in the water supply for local customers. This project will comprise the replacement of old water mains along the Lower Glanmire...
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17 January 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Students from 18 secondary schools across Ireland, alongside visiting students from Spain, gather in Cork City Hall this week as Ireland’s largest Model United Nations conference gets underway. Running from Tuesday, 16th January to Friday, 19th January, 400 students will assume the role of delegates representing countries and...
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17 January 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada held a bilateral meeting with European Commissioner for Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, in the European Parliament this week. The Ireland South MEP met with Mr Vella to discuss the current state and future for Irish fisheries, Brexit and access to funding...
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17 January 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An article highlighting Cork features in the February edition of Wanderlust travel magazine, profiling this part of Ireland to some 34,000 readers – or potential British holidaymakers. Tourism Ireland in London, in conjunction with Fáilte Ireland, invited Phoebe Smith, the editor of Wanderlust, to visit Cork last year....
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16 January 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork South West Fine Gael TD and Minister for Mental Health, Jim Daly, is calling on all schools in West Cork to take part in this year’s Mission Possible: School Achievement awards. Mission Possible: School Achievement awards, organised by St. Patricks Mental Health Services, is an initiative dedicated...
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16 January 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie ‘Plans by officials at the Department of Agriculture to introduce rules dictating the direction that farmers can plough their fields are impractical and display a major lack of common sense’ – That is the view of West Cork Independent TD, Michael Collins. He is astonished at what he...
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16 January 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is “committed to supporting local communities across County Cork” and the Local Authority has confirmed that financial assistance for community, and voluntary groups, along with local organisations will be available through the Community Fund Scheme 2018. This scheme is administered by the 8 Municipal District...
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15 January 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardai in Clonakilty, West Cork are investigating a single vehicle fatal collision involving a car and a pedestrian that occurred on Fernhill Road at approximately 7.15pm this evening. A 73-year-old male pedestrian was fatally injured when he was struck by a car. He was pronounced dead at the...
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15 January 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie ICSA president Patrick Kent has said that plans to revive the sugar beet sector in Ireland by the Beet Ireland group are worthy of careful consideration by tillage farmers. Mr Kent added that the Government should look at helping in every way possible. “The loss of sugar beet...
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14 January 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland Professional services firm EY has opening of its expanded office space in the heart of Cork City. It follows double-revenue growth of 10% in Cork in FY17, and 18% more broadly in the Munster region. EY Cork has also increased headcount by 70% in the last five...
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14 January 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water (IW) has submitted proposals to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) for a set of national connection charges and to standardise the scope of work involved in each connection. Today the CRU has opened a public consultation on those proposals. Currently, new connections to the...
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13 January 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Below is the speech of Micheál Martin TD, Leader of Fianna Fáil, as delivered at the Killarney Economic Conference this afternoon. I would like to congratulate the organisers of this conference for putting together such a diverse and challenging programme. Brexit isn’t a minor side issue or abstract...
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