16 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Former Labour Party TD for Cork South-West, Michael McCarthy has welcomed the opening of Dunmanway Swimming Pool “I have championed this issue for many years, especially at national level and I am delighted that this day has finally arrived. “The proposals for the new pool were developed some […]
15 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Labour Party will hold a public meeting this evening at 7pm in the Imperial Hotel to discuss the issue of housing in Cork, and around the State. Speaking ahead of Labour’s housing meeting in Cork, Ciarán Lynch former TD for Cork South Central and Chairperson of the Banking […]
10 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie EU leadership needed for infrastructural investment – says Cork East TD Sean Sherlock M20 can be built and Atlantic corridor opened if Government choose to do so Cork East TD Seán Sherlock has called on European Union leaders, the Taoiseach “…to negotiate for the Stability and Growth Pact […]
10 May 2017 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Labour Local Area Representative [*1] for Cork City South East, Peter Horgan, has called for more support for first time buyers looking to secure a house in Cork. “When we hear news of more mortgages being approved than there are houses being built, we have to be concerned,” […]
24 April 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Blackrock/Mahon Labour Party branch were successful in a motion to the Labour Party conference in Wexford last weekend on the provision of ringfenced funding for Early Years Intervention. “Thousands of families live with the lack of assessment and intervention for their children far beyond legislation allows because […]
24 April 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Labour TD Sean Sherlock has called for an increase in funding for energy efficiency across Cork city and county as a practical way to combat climate change and reduce costs for families and their home heating bills. “Climate change is not a far flung idea anymore,” said Deputy […]
19 April 2017 By Tom O’Sullivan tom@TheCork.ie Labour Spokesperson on Climate Change Sean Sherlock has dismissed the Government’s intention to introduce its own bill to ban plastic microbeads as “time wasting.” “There is no reason for the Government to introduce their own bill,” said Deputy Sherlock. “We have been promised new politics, but nearly every […]
18 April 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Commenting on the plans of Minister Simon Coveney (Fine Gael) to introduce a new law to allow local authorities to reduce commercial rates, Labour Party spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan has called on the Minister to act on the powers he already has under the Local Government (Rates) Act 1970. […]
28 March 2017 By Tom O’Sullivan tom@TheCork.ie Cork East and Labour TD Seán Sherlock questioned Minister for Justice Francis Fitzgerald during the debate on the Garda Management yesterday in Dáil Eireann. “If the Minister has faith in the Policing Authority and if she has known about this since June 2016, why did she leave it until […]
24 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork’s only Workers Party policitian – Cork City Cllr. Ted Tynan – has called for “massive support” for striking Bus Éireann workers “The Workers Party has expressed its solidarity with Bus Eireann Workers who are now on strike following the decision of company management to proceed unilaterally to […]