15 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Beef farmers will have new opportunities to improve their price thanks to significant increases in exports to China, according to Cork Senator Tim Lombard from Fine Gael. Senator Lombard who is a member of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee was speaking as news emerged from a Government trade mission... Read More
14 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North West Fine Gael General Election candidate Councillor John Paul O’Shea has welcomed plans to put proposed environmental levies, designed to encourage more sustainable behaviour, to public consultation. The proposed levies were announced by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton TD, on Wednesday,... Read More
9 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice & Equality, David Stanton has welcomed the completion of the Lakeview slip road. The slip road opened to traffic on Friday evening, 8 November. “I would like to congratulate Cork County Council on the... Read More
7 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie “I encourage people in Cork to have their say on these landmark proposals.” Member of the Special Climate Action Committee, Carrigaline based Senator Tim Lombard, has confirmed that a public consultation has been launched regarding several proposed environmental levies designed to encourage more sustainable behaviour. The consultation was... Read More
6 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Some €2.6 million has been allocated for transformative regeneration projects in Kanturk and Macroom, according to Cork North West General Election candidate Councillor John Paul O’Shea. Cllr. O’Shea said: “This is fantastic news for both Kanturk and Macroom, and the wider Cork North West region in general. The... Read More
1 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A national allocation of €600,000 has been provided for Irish agricultural shows in 2020, approximately €55,000 of which has been granted to West Cork agriculture shows. Cork Senator and member of the Agriculture committee Tim Lombard said: “Agricultural shows are hugely important to our rural economy. We know... Read More
23 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie North Cork Fine Gael Councillor John Paul O’Shea has this week welcomed a significant increase in funding of more than €2 million to bring the total funding allocation in the Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District Budgetary Plan for 2020 to just over €13.5 million. Cllr O’Shea has also welcomed proposals... Read More
22 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie CEO of Grafton Recruitment Tina McKenzie has opened the company’s new Cork office alongside special guest, Leader of Seanad Éireann, Senator Jerry Buttimer. The recruitment company, founded in 1983, currently has 10 offices across the Island of Ireland and is pursuing a robust growth strategy with the expected... Read More
22 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister of State at the Department of Health Jim Daly TD, on Monday, officially opened the new Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre, marking the completion of the wider €77 million expansion of the hospital. The new Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre now offers the most technologically advanced radiotherapy... Read More
18 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The development will provide a 22 km road improvement from the Cork side of Macroom at Coolcour, will bypass the town of Macroom, the villages of Baile Mhic Íre and Baile Bhuirne, the infamous ‘Ballyvourney Bends’, and will finish west of Baile Bhuirne itself before the County bounds... Read More
18 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Tánaiste Simon Coveney to open constituency office of Senator Colm Burke in Blackpool, Cork Tánaiste Simon Coveney, TD will officially open the office of Senator and Fine Gael bye-election candidate for Cork North Central, Colm Burke, this Friday the 18th at 12pm. The office will be located in... Read More
16 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Senator Tim Lombard has confirmed an additional €41,250 has been allocated for the development of a playground for Bere Island, with funding now totalling €91,250 for the project. Senator Lombard said: “Today’s additional funding allocation has been provided by Islands Section of the Department of Culture, Heritage... Read More
