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6 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The latest survey by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows that Cork people are making progress against litter pollution but we need more community involvement to tackle the problem, said Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard. The latest IBAL survey shows improvements in cleanliness across the...
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6 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Banks to appear before Oireachtas Finance Committee in coming weeks Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance, Michael McGrath TD has challenged a claim made by the Central Bank that 95% of the identified mortgage accounts affected by the tracker scandal have now been put on the correct rate. Deputy...
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6 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Fianna Fail Councillor John Sheehan – who is also a GP with a practice in Blackpool – has expressed his concern at what he called a campaign protesting the issue of the HPV Vaccine. Since it was issued by the HSE, over 220,000 women have been...
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6 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Fein’s refusal to engage in the parliamentary process is harming Ireland, a Cork Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Colm Burke said: “The European Union Withdrawal Bill starts to make its way through the House of Commons this week. Meanwhile seven Sinn Fein MPs stand idly by...
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6 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Justice spokesperson Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD has said the revelation that there are a further 500,000 false breath tests is a further indictment of the culture of An Garda Síochána and Commissioner O’Sullivan. Speaking this morning, Teachta Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central) said; “The report highlights...
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6 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork based political software business Ecanvasser – which is a brand under the umbrella company Vconnecta – has announced the agreement of a major pilot scheme with Europe’s third largest political alliance, the liberal-centrist Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group (ALDE). The licensing agreement will see ALDE...
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5 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley launched the West Cork Mobile Library from his home in Dunmanway last week. The new mobile library replaces a fourteen-year-old vehicle which served almost every locality in rural West Cork and ensures the continuity of this valuable, socially...
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4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: Politician using Skype When: Wednesdays 8pm Where: Politician may be in Dublin, constituents will be in West Cork It will be recalled that in the year 2000 a Dublin Cllr – Eoin Costello – launched an ‘online clinic’. It was the height of sophistication using an implementation of...
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4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley has welcomed the announcements of six projects from Cork County Council shortlisted for the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2017. The projects shortlisted are: the Living Space Project Mallow; www.YourCouncil.ie; Dunmanway Community Garden; the Physicality...
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2 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin’s annual Summer School returns to the Mills Inn in Bháile Mhúirne, Co Cork on Friday and Saturday the 8th and 9th of September 2017. This year’s event boasts an impressive line-up including broadcaster Vincent Browne, journalist and filmmaker Paul Mason, ‘Kill All Normies’ author Angela Nagle,...
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1 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Declan Hurley has launched Cork County Council’s new mobile library for West Cork. The launch took place at the Parkway Hotel, Dunmanway. The new West Cork Mobile Library will replace the well-known, 14 year old vehicle that has visited nearly...
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1 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Cork City Cllr Kenneth O’Flynn (Cork North Central) has called for the local authority to review the use of bollards in the city. O’Flynn believes in light of car ramming attacks in Nice, Barcelona and London officials should examine areas with a large footfall to ensure...
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