19 March 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central) has said the Government’s failure to act on the escalating crisis in GP recruitment has left more than 30 rural communities without a vital primary healthcare service. Deputy Kelleher has called on the Minister for Health Leo Varadkar... Read More
12 March 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Plans to rename a walkway near Fitzgerald Park in the City after a soccer legend have come to fruition. The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Mary Shields, will finally unveil “The Noel Cantwell Walk” nameplate tomorrow morning. Back in October 2014 Cork City Council passed a resolution... Read More
27 February 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of County Cork is to write to the Minister for Defence Simon Coveney TD to suggest that “if” Malta does not accept the donation of the LE Aoife, then the ship could instead be moored in the lower harbour of Cork as a floating museum.... Read More
23rd January 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has accused the Health Minister of launching another PR campaign rather than coming up with tangible measures to tackle the real problems facing our health service. On the very morning when we learn that the HSE has launched an investigation into... Read More
10th September 2014, 9.30am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “Cork City AND County Councils need to have more of an input into how Cork Airport is run.” That’s the view of a growing number of elected Councillors from across Cork. There’s growing concern about the decline of Cork Airport in recent months, following the loss... Read More
9th September 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Councillors have agreed to name a walkway to after a famous Cork sportsman. Noel Cantwell was a Cricket and Soccer International: who played for Cork Athletic, West Ham, and Manchester United. He passed away in 2005 aged 73. A native of the Mardyke in Cork... Read More
15th July 2014, Tuesday, 5.45am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Investigations continue into an aggravated burglary during which a pensioner was attacked with an iron bar. It happened around 3am on Monday morning on Rathpeacon Road, Farranree, on the northside of Cork City An intruder entered the house of a 75 year old man through a window... Read More
23rd June 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tonight is Bonfire Night, or Saint Johns Eve It’s expected to be the busiest night of the year for the fire services is tonight Last year there were almost 70 fire service call-outs and fire-fighters put out 37 illegal fires Sinn Fein Cllr Chris O’Leary says rubbish,... Read More
23rd May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Voting is underway across the Country in the Local and European Elections, where people have a chance to choose their City or County Councillors and their MEP’s for the next 5 year period. One of the Party leaders who voted this morning in Cork was Fianna Fail... Read More
By Tom Collins 12th May 2014 tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil local election candidate for Cork City South Central, Tom O’Driscoll, has called on the people of Cork to vote for the City in the ‘Foodie Town of Ireland’ awards, which will determine the top town in Ireland to eat out. Mr O’Driscoll commented: “Cork is one... Read More
5th May 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie An election candidate for Cork County Council has a great surname; Desmond. She is running in an area where there has been a long serving Councillors with that name! The new candidate Mary-Rose Desmond belongs to Fianna Fail, where as the outgoing Paul Desmond is a stalwart of... Read More
29th April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A campaign to rename Cork Airport after the the famous guitarist Rory Gallagher is continuing to gain momentum. More than 10-thousand people have signed a petition. Gallagher passed away in 1995 at the young age of 47. He was one described by Jimi Hendrix as the “world’s... Read More