12 April 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ballycotton Harbour is to benefit from Local Authority Harbour Programme funding of €36,844 for two separate projects, Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, David Stanton, has confirmed. Funding is being made available under the Local Authority Harbour Programme whereby the... Read More
11 April 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork’s Councils embark on awareness campaign in advance of the changes to Cork City’s boundary Cork County Council and Cork City Council have begun an awareness campaign to ensure that the 85,000 citizens impacted are aware of the change which takes effect on 31st May 2019. Areas such... Read More
8 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Workers’ Party Cork City Councillor Ted Tynan has called on Cork City Council to launch a public information in tandem with the major city boundary changes that come into force at the end of next month. Cllr. Tynan said that with local elections just seven weeks away there... Read More
7 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West Michael Moynihan says the latest report from the National Oversight & Audit Commission “reflects Fine Gael’s utter neglect of roads funding across Co. Cork”. The report reveals that Cork county has the worst regional roads in the country, and comes second... Read More
7 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Denyse Woods has accepted the post of Cork County Council’s Writer in Residence for Libraries for 2019. The Writer in Residence programme aims to support creative writing activity in local areas, by providing engagement and interaction with people interested in writing, with the local library service as the... Read More
5 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aontú (Irish for “unity” or “consent”) is an all-Ireland political party that was formally launched in January 2019. Aontú will unveil its Local and European Election Candidates at its National Launch this Saturday 6th of April at 1pm at the Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre, Dublin 10. Aontu Chorcai... Read More
4 April 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has welcomed detailed policy proposals for a directly-elected mayor and backed a Yes vote in the up-coming referendum. The party’s candidate in the Cork City North East ward and spokesperson on political reform, Oliver Moran, had been among those most vocally calling for... Read More
3 April 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Total funding of €102,697 for the conservation of protected and historical structures is to be allocated between six Cork East projects under two different Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht funding schemes, Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, David... Read More
2 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called on Cork City Council to set in place a trees policy for the city. The call comes at the start of National Trees Week and amid concern by communities across the city about the loss of trees in Cork. A trees... Read More
2 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has said the ‘Status Black’ escalation in Cork University Hospital is the “natural outworking of a legacy of failed policies by Fine Gael and Fianna Fail”. The Ireland South MEP said that while we should all be horrified by the escalation in... Read More
30 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘The governments need to act now to ensure that rural businesses that provide jobs and income for families can survive into the future.’ West Cork Independent TD Michael Collins is calling on the government to resolve the insurance crisis that is putting individuals and companies across the country... Read More
29 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Council, in collaboration with Cluid Housing Association, has announced the purchase of a ‘turnkey’ multi-unit central city residential scheme at Leeside, Bachelor’s Quay, as a part of the Rebuilding Ireland programme. The riverside scheme, which has been acquired by Cluid, comprises 72 homes that are available... Read More
