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19 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Thirteen of the most creative and artistic communities in County Cork are set to receive substantial funding totalling nearly €82,000 with the announcement of awards under the Cork County Municipal Districts Creative Communities Scheme Announcing the awards made under the scheme Mayor of the County of Cork,...
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18 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport committee Deirdre Clune has called on Ryanair to be upfront with their passengers and communicate clearly which flights they are intending to cancel. Clune said the uncertainty over flight cancellations is having an impact on both tourism and...
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17 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the EU Institutions to sufficiently finance programmes for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The Ireland South MEP made the call for investment in the Cultural Heritage Sector ahead of next year’s inaugural event. “Culture and heritage are...
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17 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mr Edwin Lee, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco will lead a delegation of over 80 from the Golden Gate City to Cork. The delegation represents a wide cross section from the business, political, education, government and art and culture sectors. San Francisco is...
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16 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie In a report carried out by the Policing Authority it has emerged that only 9 of the recommended 50 reforms contained in the Changing Policing In Ireland report have been implemented to date despite senior management in the Gardaí claiming all 50 recommendations had been completed. Sinn Féin...
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16 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork South Central TD, Michael McGrath has said that the high percentage of successful appeals made in respect of Domiciliary Care Allowance applications suggest that many applicants are being unfairly stopped from getting their payment in the first place, and that the decision making process is flawed. The...
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15 September 2017, Friday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley, is encouraging the people, communities and businesses across Cork to have their say on the boundary alteration proposal put forward by Cork County Council under Section 29 of the Local Government Act 1991. “The people of Cork...
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15 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie €1.5 million funding has been allocated for the Disabled Persons Grant Scheme in Cork City & County, a Government Senator has said. The Disabled Persons Grant Scheme provides funding for extensions and adaptations to existing social housing stock such as grab rails, disabled access ramps, and wet rooms....
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14 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Tony Fitzgerald (Fianna Fail) has praised the work of the local community in Blackrock ahead of the inaugural Blackrock Village Festival. The Festival takes place on Saturday 16th September 2017, from 2-6pm. ‘It is just a short three months since the...
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13 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork South West T.D. and Minister of State at the Department of Health, Jim Daly, has today confirmed that Dunmanway and Rosscarbery areas are to receive funding to purchase and construct additional houses to assist local families who are currently on the local authority housing list, and awaiting...
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13 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ni Riada has called for root and branch reform of the Irish education system. The Ireland South MEP was speaking at an event she organised in the European Parliament entitled Quality Education For All. The conference heard contributions from MEPs and...
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13 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath TD (who is based in Carrigaline, Co Cork) has welcomed today’s publication of the Coffey Report ‘Review of Ireland’s Corporation Tax Code’ and has said that the impact of the proposed changes to our corporation tax system would have on corporation...
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