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1 February 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance TD Mick Barry will challenge Transport Minister Shane Ross on his plans for Bus Eireann at today’s meeting of the Oireachtas Committee for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Deputy Barry told TheCork.ie how will put it to Minister Ross that it is the “economics of the...
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1 February 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney, T.D., has signed Orders this week designating Ballincollig, Carrigaline (the Northern/’City side’ only), Douglas and Passage West as Rent Pressure Zones. The new Orders mean that rent increases in these local electoral areas will be limited to...
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29 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland introduced paid Paternity leave on September 1st 2016 and up to January 11th 2017, 5,545 fathers had taken up the 2 weeks leave to look after their new babies. Locally, 708 fathers from Cork have taken up the paid paternity leave since the option became available....
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29 January 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, has said that it is absurd, and potentially will cause distortion, that half of Carrigaline town, in the Ministers back yard, has been included in a Rent Control zone, and half has not. “Minister Coveney has designated the Ballincollig-Carrigaline Municipal District area...
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29 January 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork South Central Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Justice Minister to address the Dáil to explain the manner in which the Magdalene Redress scheme is being administered. Deputy Ó Laoghaire made the call following the revelation that the Department of Justice is...
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26 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Michael Moynihan says his party will oppose any attempt by the Government to place a charge on the Free Travel Pass. He was responding to a Department of Social Protection report, which proposes a €50 annual charge for people in...
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24 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The pre-Christmas St Vincent de Paul Car Draw raised almost €110,000 for individuals and families struggling to get by from day to day. SVP Cork helped 5,000 families in 2016 alone SVP extended their gratitude to all of those who supported this year’s draw “The money raised through...
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23 January 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The well known Cork property developer Owen O’Callaghan has passed away after a short illness. Many of Mr O’Callaghan’s developments were in Cork City Centre. During his career, Owen O’Callaghan was responsible for Cork’s largest retail and housing developments including Opera Lane, Half Moon Street, Mahon Point, Paul Street,...
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23 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath (Cork South Central TD, based in Carrigaline) has said that Credit Unions have the potential to offer badly needed competition in the mortgage market but that rules on lending restrictions will have to change to allow this to happen. Deputy...
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23 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Foundation recently held a briefing in Leinster House with all Cork based TD’s and Senators. The organisation which was established in 2013 is a registered charity that matches donors to social enterprises who through this funding can create sustainable jobs, positively impacting communities at grass...
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19 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Transport Infrastructure Ireland now have 19m more to invest in our roads annually as well as an additional 60-70 million refund from Revenue Clune calls for that money to be put directly into upgrading our road network Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport Committee...
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18 January 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Senator Colm Burke, Fine Gael spokesperson for Health in the Seanad, has today welcomed the allocation to Cork City Council of €2,545,335 for housing adaption work. “The funding from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government will allow the City Council to carry out adaption work...
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