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5 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Broadband Connection Point for the rural village of Laharn (where Fine Gael Cllr John Paul O’Shea resides) is a step closer this week with the allocation of just over €2,000 in LEADER funding by the North Cork Local Action Group (LAG) through it’s implementing partner IRD Duhallow...
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5 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie County Mayor Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan has all the ingredients to be a TD for the constituency of Cork South West, but his Fianna Fail party need to add him to the ticket first, because he says he has no intention of going Independent (as then-Mayor Alan Coleman did in...
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3 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Padraig O’Sullivan says the Health Minister and his Cabinet colleagues must take responsibility for the shocking trolley figures being recorded in Cork hospitals. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, there are 55 people on trolleys in Cork University Hospital...
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3 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Leader of Seanad Éireann, Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer, is calling for Cork City Council and Cork County Council to install CCTV in Douglas and Carrigaline as a matter of urgency. Senator Buttimer said: “Recent confirmation from my Fine Gael colleague, the Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan,...
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2 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Question: How do you get a FREE CAR from Ford Ireland? Answer: Become Lord Mayor of Cork City, although – naturally – it is for the use of the office, and not the individual. It’s a tradition that is still alive compliments of Ford which has it’s Irish...
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2 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council will this month debate a Green Party proposal to allow audio recordings of Council meetings. The proposal is to be discussed in the council’s Corporate Policy Group on Monday 6th of January, before it is expected to return to the full Council for decision on...
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2 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Fianna Fáil Party Leader, Micheál Martin (a TD in Cork South Central), has extended his sympathies to the family of legendary broadcaster Marian Finucane. Deputy Martin said, “I would like to extend my sympathies and those of the entire Fianna Fáil Party to the family and friends...
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1 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Green Party Councillor Colette Finn has said that the state of disrepair many of the ‘Coca Cola’ bikes found throughout Cork City reflects the wider government commitment to cycling in Cork: “As we start 2020 it is worth reflecting on the condition of the rent-a-bike scheme in Cork....
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31 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie New Washington Street-area taxi stand must be accompanied by proper enforcement, say Green Party in Cork The Green Party in Cork has welcomed moves by Cork City Council to provide an additional taxi stand in the Washington Street area. However, the party has said extended hours and proper...
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29 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie News from December Minister Creed thanks trawler owners, as 96% of the large trawler fleet sign up to the ‘Clean Oceans Initiative’ The Cork based Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, T.D., welcomed the increase in trawlers and other fishing boats now signed up to...
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28 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Senator Colm Burke has warmly welcomed the €18.75m capital grant for CIT, announced in recent weeks by the Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh and the Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor. Senator Colm Burke said: “Since Cork Institute of Technology first opened...
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27 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North West Fine Gael General Candidate Cllr. John Paul O’Shea has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD that the charge for attending minor injury units including the Unit based in Mallow General Hospital has been reduced. The Minister has signed a statutory instrument to reduce...
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