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5 October 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South West Senator, Tim Lombard, has welcomed the allocation of €107,000 for 74 Tidy Towns committees in South and West Cork. The Fine Gael Senator said: “Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has announced a €1.4 million national grant scheme to mark the 60th anniversary...
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1 October 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie There needs to be a collection point for used agricultural tyres in County Cork, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Cork Senator Tim Lombard was speaking following the announcement of a national tyre collection by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Minister Naughten has made €700,000...
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27 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Government has allocated funding for community text alert schemes to help prevent crime in West Cork, Cork South West Fine Gael TD and Minister of State Jim Daly has said. Minister Daly said: “Community groups working to prevent crime in West Cork can now apply for funding...
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24 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork South West Fine Gael TD and Minister of State (a.k.a. Junior Minister) at the Department of Health, Jim Daly has paid tribute to local Civil Defence volunteers in West Cork, as they experience another busy year. New figures released by the Department of Defence, have shown nationwide...
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19 September 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Cork Senator, Tim Lombard has welcomed the allocation of €69,000 for rural recreation projects in West Cork under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme West Cork has been allocated € 69,000 for rural recreation projects, which is extremely welcome and will help to boost tourism here in...
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10th September 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie 32 jobs created thanks to €11m investment A new 36 bed wing at one of Ireland’s leading retirement villages, Bon Secours Care Village, Mount Desert, Lee Road, Cork, has been officially unveiled today by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney. Developed at a cost of €11m...
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6 September 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland South, MEP, Deirdre Clune is in favour of scrapping the clocks changing entirely. She welcomes the the news that the European Commission will recommend EU Member States abolish daylightsaving. MEP Clune has been campaigning for this for a long time and she said she is “very pleased...
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5 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, David Stanton, has congratulated local groups on securing funding for environmental preservation projects. As part of Fine Gael’s recent environment awareness campaign funding of €16,600 has been allocated to a variety of environmental initiatives...
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5 September 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Unemployment continues to decrease in every region Fine Gael Senator for Cork South West, Tim Lombard, has said the number of people at work in the State is now over 25,000 higher than it was before the crash. Senator Lombard said: “Cork is benefitting as unemployment has decreased...
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4 September 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Speaking at the award-winning transnational European Circular Ocean project in Cork County Hall today, MEP Deirdre Clune said the ocean is extremely valuable and needs to be looked after. She said: “Oceans make up 70% of our planet’s surface, yet we use it for less than 3% of...
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3 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A special meeting of Cork City Council will take place this evening where potential Presidential candidates can make presentations to councillors in a bid to seek the nomination of Cork City Council. The Special Meeting will take place at 7pm. This follows Cork City Council being contacted by...
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28 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The new Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action will consider ways in which the Government can further support the transition to electric vehicles, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Seanad spokesperson on Climate Action, Senator Lombard, said: “We all know the cost of running a car to our pockets...
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