9 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator on the Agriculture panel, Tim Lombard, has said Cork farmers are set to benefit from €13,005,566 in funding under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme. The funding was announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, and is set to... Read More
9 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Members of the Irish-speaking community from Cork city met with their local representatives this week to voice their concerns around Irish language and Gaeltacht funding as Clinic Na Gaeilge came to Kildare Street in Dublin. The ten-hour mobile clinic at Buswells Hotel saw Peadar de Blúit of Gael-Taca... Read More
8 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Ríada is encouraging Irish education, research and tourism bodies to apply for funding set aside for the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. The Ireland South MEP said that while she was disappointed with the amount that had been earmarked for... Read More
6 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The number of people signing on the Live Register in Cork has dropped by 16% in the last year. This good news for Cork comes as the CSO revealed that the Live Register has fallen below 250,000 nationally for the first time in nine years (September 2008). This... Read More
6 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Mr. Paul Kehoe T.D., was in the Naval Base, Haulbowline today to welcome home the crew of L.É William Butler Yeats who have been deployed on a humanitarian search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean since July 2017. This was the second time the L.É... Read More
5 October 2017, Thursday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Book of condolence will open for former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave at 3.30pm today in the Atrium of Cork City Hall. Speaking before the opening of the Book of Condolences, the Lord Mayor Cllr Tony Fitzgerald said that it was important that the public would be given the opportunity to... Read More
5 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald has confirmed that Cork City Council has supplied legal advice, as requested, to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the granting of additional funding, within the existing public procurement process, to the proposed Events Centre, being developed by BAM... Read More
4 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie €278,400 funding for Cork East tourism projects – Minister David Stanton Projects in Buttevant, Fermoy and Youghal successful under the 2017 Town and Village Renewal Scheme More than €278,000 in funding has been awarded to three tourism and leisure projects in Cork East Constituency, say Fine Gael TD... Read More
4 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr. Declan Hurley has welcomed the investment of €1,347,826.77 announced for 15 towns across the county under the 2017 Town and Village Renewal Scheme, from the Department of Rural and Community Development. The announcement was made by the Minister for Rural... Read More
2 October 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, David Stanton, has extended his congratulations to Spike Island as it was crowned Europe’s leading tourist attraction at the World Travel Awards 2017. Cork County Mayor Declan Hurley attended the awards ceremony at the... Read More
2 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie David Stanton, Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, has congratulated communities in Cork East Constituency for their success at this year’s Tidy Towns competition sponsored by Supervalu. “Cobh and Youghal were awarded gold medals in categories E and F respectively.... Read More
