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9 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Green Party welcomes report of the Expert Advisory Group on Local Arrangements in Cork The group, which was set up by Minister Simon Coveney, has recommended to overturn a 2015 report that called for the merger of Cork city and county councils. The new report instead recommends extending...
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25 May 207 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has backed a social housing development in the city to replace White Street car park. The car park is currently the site of anti-social behaviour in the South Parish, according to a statement from the Party. The statement also says that building housing on...
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15 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party and Cork Climate Action today met with the Lord Mayor of Cork, Des Cahill, to discuss Cork’s plans for Earth Hour 2018. The group also discussed steps that the Lord Mayor’s office can take to show leadership in climate action. Earth Hour is an annual...
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9 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork said that serious gorse fires – like the the blazes that broke out yesterday at Skibbereen and Schull, and recently in Gougane Barra, Kealkill, and the Sheepshead and Beara peninsulas – will become more prevalent if Minister for Heritage, Heather Humphreys, gets her way...
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27 April 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork have come out in support of calls to link road traffic and other fines to the payer’s income. The system, which is used in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland, would mean that those on a higher income would pay a higher...
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14 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party have welcomed the Taoiseach’s announcement that the Government will propose a referendum to extend the right to vote in Presidential elections to Irish citizens worldwide. Currently only Irish citizens who are physically present in Ireland can vote on polling day. The only exemptions – by...
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9 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has said that now is the time to look again at plans for a light rail in Cork. The call follows an article on the Journal.ie at the weekend that looked back at the Green Party’s proposals for light rail in Cork. The...
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27 February 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When is Earth Hour? This year it will be from 20:30 to 21:30 on Saturday the 25th of March The Green Party in Cork has called for the city to mark Earth Hour 2017 by turning off the lights on Cork City Hall. Earth Hour is an annual...
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16 February 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party has condemned Government failure to protect health, tourism and the environment in Cork, after the European Commission announced it is taking Ireland to court over the pumping of raw sewage into rivers and the sea in the county. Green Party representative in Cork North Central,...
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30 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party today announced that they are preparing legislation to extend voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad, to be introduced in the new Oireachtas term. The party also plans to extend Dáil voting rights to EU citizens living in Ireland for five years or more....
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4 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called on Cork County Council to re-think bye-laws being introduced by that it says will make life more difficult for farmers’ markets. Under the new by-laws, sites where trading is allowed are being restricted, which will reduce the number of stalls...
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21 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 6723 young people in Cork have turned 18 since last year and will have right to vote The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is encouraging young people in County Cork to make sure they are registered to vote before the deadline for inclusion on the electoral...
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