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
22 November 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie South Cork Politics Jack White – who has a senior role with the well known South County Cork Carrigdhoun Newspaper – has been co-opted to Cork County Council today. He replaces outgoing Cllr Liam O’Connor who stepped down due to work commitments. Liam O’Connor continues in his other... Read More
16 November 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Children awaiting medical equipment are discriminated against – says Government TD It is wrong and discriminatory that children face waiting times of up to a year for access to wheelchairs and other medical equipment while no waiting times exist in other parts of the country, a Fine Gael... Read More
26 October 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Funding for a major trauma care centre at Cork University Hospital must be set aside in the HSE’s National Service Plan for 2022, a Fine Gael TD has said. Colm Burke, Fine Gael’s Dáil spokesperson on health, said the National Trauma Strategy includes plans for two major trauma... Read More
12 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune is supporting new road safety measures being considered such as a 30 km per hour speed limit and the introduction of lifesaving technologies. MEP Clune highlights how advancements in technology have made vehicles safer in recent years and how we must continue to... Read More
11 October 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland should fundamentally change the approach to regulating certain social media content and thereby prioritise young people’s mental health, according to Fine Gael TD Michael Creed. Deputy Creed made his comments in light of recent revelations that Facebook had purposely hidden disturbing research about how teenagers felt worse... Read More
4 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie If it actually goes ahead the M20 motorway between Limerick and Cork will benefit the west coast of the Country, and Cork, but the question now is, will it actually happen! Today’s National Development Plan (NDP) published by Government lists the new road route between Limerick and Cork... Read More
3 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Official opening of O.N.E.’s Veteran Support Centre and Hostel at 8 Harbour Row, Cobh, Co Cork Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs today officially opened the new Veteran Support Centre and hostel of the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel (O.N.E.) in Cobh, Co.... Read More