23 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcomed a move to better prepare Europe for future health threats. The European Parliament has voted to reinforce the role of the European Medicines Agency. The EMA is now in a better position to anticipate and prepare for future pandemics and cross... Read More
22 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The impact of Brexit and Europe’s long-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will be debated during an online event hosted by Fine Gael MEPs for Ireland South, Deirdre Clune and Seán Kelly, on Tuesday, 25 January at 7pm. The programme will feature introductory video messages from An Tánaiste... Read More
22 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 628 new jobs were created across Cork in 2021 by small businesses supported by the Local Enterprise Office (LEO), a Fine Gael TD has said. An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD, announced the annual results of the LEOs for 2021 which showed... Read More
15 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Department of Rural and Community Development recently confirmed that funding of €1,540,000 will be allocated to Cork County Council under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) to progress a renewal project in Fermoy town centre, according to Fine Gael TD for Cork East Constituency, David Stanton.... Read More
12 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Employment growth increased 6% in 2021 for companies in the South region supported by Enterprise Ireland, a Fine Gael TD has said. Cork North Central Deputy Colm Burke said: “Employment growth in Enterprise Ireland (EI) companies increased by 6% in the South region in 2021, a year of... Read More
11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A social media analysis by Cork-based Mulley Communications of the social media accounts of political parties has shown that Sinn Féin has the biggest following across all social media networks while Leo Varadkar is the party leader with the most followers on social media. Sinn Féin has the... Read More
11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD David Stanton has written to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, to the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, and to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, following reports that the planned... Read More
15 December 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD, David Stanton, has welcomed confirmation from the Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD, that funding of €500,000 is to be allocated for the provision of mental health day services in the East Cork area. This allocation is part of... Read More
15 December 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., yesterday visited Bantry where he met with residents and business owners in the town and heard at first hand about the extent of the damage caused by flooding during Storm Barra last week.... Read More
15 December 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie www.nbi.ie has a search tool to enable the public to check whether their premises is within the rollout area National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) have in recent days commenced surveying works... Read More
13 December 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The agricultural sector has been left deprived of a dedicated correspondent from RTÉ for too long, a Cork Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Tim Lombard, who lives South of Carrialine is Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture. Today he said, “The farming community has been left without... Read More
3 December 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie There should be a sporting boycott of countries with poor human rights records who are hostile to LGBTQ+ rights according to a Fine Gael Senator. Senator Jerry Buttimer made the call in the Senate following comments by Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley. “We must stop rewarding and elevating... Read More
