29 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gardaí are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding an incident in Cobh, Co. Cork on the 27th December 2015. At approximately 2.15am a 24-year-old male sustained head injuries during an altercation involving small number of people on High Road, Cobh. The man was taken by ambulance to Cork... Read More
29 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Cork North-West Cllr Aindrias Moynihan has revealed that the Government has allocated less money to the Macroom Bypass for next year. When the Transport Infrastructure Ireland allocations were announced just before Christmas the Macroom Bypass was allocated €3.8m for 2016. This... Read More
29 December 2015, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Turf Club has announced that the fixture scheduled for Cork on Saturday, 2nd January 2016 has been cancelled as the course is currently flooded. The decision to cancel the fixture at this stage comes in the wake of an adverse weather forecast for heavy rain... Read More
28 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North Central Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien has stated that the scale housing crisis demands a genuine commitment to creating a better housing system, along with a commitment to tackle emergency homelessness in a pragmatic way. As part of a wider plan to tackle the housing crisis,... Read More
27 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The ESB has advised that flows from Inniscarra Dam will increase to 180 cumecs (cubic metres per second) today, Sunday 27th December. This was the level of flow from the dam (180 cumecs) between 6 and 12 December following Storm Desmond. The ESB will continue to closely... Read More
27 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie During last night the Coast Guard’s Rescue 115 and Rescue 118 completed two helicopter missions which bringing the total number of completed helicopter missions to 1,000 in a single year; the first time since the Coast Guard’s helicopter service commenced in 1991. Many of the services were carried... Read More
26 December 2015 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Coillte Ireland’s national forestry company, is encouraging people to take to the great outdoors this Christmas in Cork and make use of the Forest Parks and trail network in the county. Nationwide Coillte Forest Parks offer a wonderful array of facilities including children’s playgrounds, marked walking and cycling... Read More
23 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A message from Bishops Paul Colton (COI) and John Buckley (RC) As the season of Christmas approaches, as Bishops of Cork, we pray that God will bless all of you during the forthcoming feast and the year ahead. Our celebrations this year take place against the background of... Read More
22 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Jonathan O’Brien TD calls for clarity from Teaching Council of Ireland. Speaking today, Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Deputy O’Brien called for further clarity from the Teaching Council regarding their policy on payment of the registration fee prior commencement of Section 30 of the Teaching Council Acts 2001 –... Read More
22 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie New figures from the CSO indicate that 2015 had the best ever January to November for overseas visitors to Ireland, with more than 8 million arrivals recorded. Overseas visitor numbers have increased by 14% over the first eleven months of 2015 – an additional one million visitors.... Read More
22 Dceember 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Health spokesperson Billy Kelleher says the ongoing retention of a 9 hour target for an Emergency Department stay is yet another example of the Government diminishing expectations and is an admission that it has failed to implement the HSE’s own 6 hour target in the Emergency... Read More
22 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí are investigating a fatal traffic collision on the R667 Fermoy to Ballyduff Road at 11.20am today 22nd December 2015. CORK: The Fermoy/ Ballyduff Rd (R666) is closed at the jct with the local Kilworth Rd (R667) due to a serious crash. Use alternative routes. — AA Roadwatch... Read More
