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29th March, 2023

“Schools under maximum pressure as Department waffles about minimising delays” says West Cork TD

29 March 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West, Michael Collins, has called on the Minister for Education, Norma Foley, to provide definitive reassurances to a number of schools in the constituency with respect to funding allocations for 2023 and beyond. Deputy Collins was speaking during a Dáil debate on an Education... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
28th March, 2023

FARMING: “Nitrate crisis deepens for dairy farmers as carbon credit charade continues” says Cork TD

28 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins has blasted the Government’s decision to approve the purchase of 4.1 million carbon credits from Slovakia at a cost of €2.9 million to help meet its 2020 climate ambition targets. Deputy Collins was speaking during a Dáil motion on the matter... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, CLIMATE CHANGE / ENVIRONMENT, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
28th March, 2023

A New Lease of Life for Bantry Library

28 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bantry Library, a building of great architectural interest, is set to receive a grant of €259,920 from the Heritage Council for external conservation works. Cork County Council applied for the Historic Towns Initiative 2023 grant, which will fund much-needed refurbishment to preserve the library’s unique features. Bantry Library... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
23rd February, 2023

“Forestry sector plagued by inertia and bureaucratic paralysis” says Cork TD

23 February 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Politics Poor political and departmental leadership is contributing significantly to the ongoing crisis being experienced within the private forestry sector, according to Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins. Deputy Collins made his remarks during a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
22nd January, 2023

Government should fund support package for inshore fishermen

22 January 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie FISHERIES/POLITICS: West Cork Independent Deputy Michael Collins and his colleagues in the Rural Independent group demand financial support package for inshore fishermen The government can no longer stand idle when a variety of factors is driving the inshore fleet into a catastrophic financial gorge. The Rural Independent TDs... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, CLIMATE CHANGE / ENVIRONMENT, FARMING, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
12th January, 2023

HEALTH POLITICS: More Bad News for Bantry General Hospital – HSE appeal withdrawal, paves the way for bed closures in Bantry hospital mental health unit.

12 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie HEALTH POLITICS: A furious Deputy Michael Collins TD slams the HSE for withdrawing their appeal against the mental health commission’s decision to close beds in the Bantry hospital mental health unit “This decision paves the way for bed closures in the much-needed Bantry mental health unit from 18... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
10th January, 2023

HEALTH POLITICS: “Government’s ineptitude is the root cause of national hospital overcrowding crisis” – says Cork TD

10 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie There are fewer beds in Irish hospitals now than in 1980 – says TD Amid the escalating hospital crisis, harrowing patients’ accounts of wait times exceeding 12 hours to see a nurse or doctor in crowded ED waiting rooms, and days spent on trolleys waiting for beds, Deputy... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
9th January, 2023

SCANDAL: Local Injury Unit recently opened by Taoiseach is now closed to public – says Local Independent TD

9 January 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Local TD comments on Bantry Local Injuries Unit (LIU) in Bantry Hospital Speaking today from his Cork South West Constituency, Deputy Michael Collins stated,” The news over the weekend that the Bantry Local Injuries Unit (LIU) in Bantry Hospital would be closed today Monday January 9th came as... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
30th September, 2022

West Cork TD is critical of Government’s Budget

30 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Economic disaster beckons without radical policy changes – according to West Cork Deputy Michael Collins and his colleagues in The Rural Independents “Is net zero climate dogma and exorbitant carbon and energy taxes more important to the government than the entire Irish economy, rural communities, and its people?”... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, CLIMATE CHANGE / ENVIRONMENT, INDEPENDENT, NEWS, POLITICS
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