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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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1 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has urged the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to engage with GPs over the introduction of new Illness Benefit forms. Doctors in West Cork are continuing to fill out the old MC1 and MC2 forms, which...
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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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26 August 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator and member of the joint Oireachtas Agriculture committee, Tim Lombard, has confirmed that over €4 million has been allocated to a new Fodder Import Support measure. Senator Lombard said: “‘In light of the recent severe drought conditions and their impact on an already difficult fodder...
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25 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork based Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., has welcomed the signal from the European Commission on their agreement to some proposed adjustments to the GLAS scheme for this year in response to the current fodder shortages. This proposal will now have to...
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24 August 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Senator Tim Lombard has confirmed the extension of the EU funded free public Wi-Fi scheme. The European Parliament announced the WIFI4EU scheme last year, whereby it would fund public Wi-Fi hotspots across EU towns and villages. The scheme proposed funding high speed internet connection in public areas,...
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23 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called on Cork city and county councils to invest in youth services in Glanmire and a rapid-transit system between Ballincollig and the city among a series of measures to integrate new suburbs into the expanded Cork city boundary. The party says a...
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23 August 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Aindrias Moynihan has said that he is concerned at the recent upsurge in the number of women waiting for gynaecological procedures at CUMH. Deputy Moynihan was commenting after the publication of the July 2018 waiting list data by the National Treatment...
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23 August 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Fein Mental Health spokesperson Pat Buckley TD (Cork East) has blasted the recent closure of new CAMHS referrals in Cork as a “shocking indictment on the system and it’s neglect by government”. The closure means GP’s are being asked to send children and young people in distress...
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22 August 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Mayor Patrick Gerard Murphy today officially welcomed three bright young students from Jiangsu Province, China to Cork County Hall. The three high school students from Nanjing the capital city of Jiangsu province are this year’s recipients of the Shamrock Cup, an annual English language competition prize...
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