3 July 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley will lead a delegation from Cork County Council to meet with Minister Shane Ross and discuss requirements regarding investment in Cork Roads today. Top of the agenda will be the need for investment in transport infrastructure in Cork to... Read More
2 July 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, said we need to improve access and opportunity for women’s sport in Ireland via a new National Strategy for Woman in Sport aimed at increasing recognition, funding and participation. “I am a passionate advocate of sport; aside from the enjoyment... Read More
1 July 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Lord Mayor, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald has launched a groundbreaking early intervention document which seeks to consolidate supports to parents from pregnancy through to the early years in primary school. The Young Knocknaheeny Programme meet families during pregnancy, provides language programmes from 9 months and support childcare... Read More
30 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called for parity of esteem for Irish Sign Language (ISL) users The Ireland South MEP was speaking after meeting with members of the Cork Deaf Club, who outlined their concerns about a lack of support from Fine Gael for the ISL... Read More
28 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Cork South Central) has expressed concerns regarding the potential for exploitation of the new Snapchat feature to target children. The phone App Snapchat has launched a new update which allows ‘friends’ to view your current location,... Read More
28 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard (from Carrigaline, Co Cork), spokesman on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, said the scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that permitting fracking in Ireland and Northern Ireland would pose significant threats to the air, water and the health and safety of individuals and communities... Read More
27 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has agreed to the sale of 7-9 Parnell Place and 1-2 Deane Street to Tetrarch Capital Ltd. Tetrarch’s proposal for the property includes a budget boutique hotel and a separate designer hostel with ground floor restaurants and bars. Cork City Council bought the properties in... Read More
27 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City has been chosen to host European Maritime Day (EMD) in 2020. This is the first time that Ireland has been selected by the Council of the European Union to hold this flagship two-day conference which since its creation has become one of the key events... Read More
27 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South West TD, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has said that “rural Ireland is being hollowed out, and that the Government’s inability to see past the M50 risks destroying rural communities in West Cork”. Deputy Murphy O’Mahony was commenting after it was announced that Bank of Ireland will cease... Read More
26 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New funding has been announced for female entrepreneurs living in Cork and Limerick. The Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network (WREN) project will see more than €330,000 in funding, provided by the Department of Justice and Equality and the European Social Fund, allocated to promote entrepreneurial skills amongst women in... Read More
26 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Back in March of this year the Political party ‘Renua’ announced it was becoming a pro-life party, as is dropped a previous policy of affording a free vote to its elected officials on ‘matters of conscience’. Cork Renua Ireland will be holding a pro-life public meeting, as part... Read More
26 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Damien English, T.D, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal and Minister Thérèse Coffey M.P, UK Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, opened the annual meeting of the OSPAR Commission in Cork today, 26th June. The 2017 meeting, which is... Read More
