28 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has criticised the Government’s haphazard implementation of flawed policy’, which she says has resulted in the closure of West Cork Development Partnership. The rural and community organisation has been forced to shut its doors today with the loss of up to nine... Read More
26 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Transatlantic flights from Cork further enhances city’s connectivity Cork South Central TD, Micheál Martin has welcomed the announcement by Icelandic airline WOW Air that it will begin transatlantic flights to both East and West coast America from Cork International Airport. “This is a fantastic new development for... Read More
26 October 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Hortonworks has today announced the opening of a new, larger premises in Albert Quay, Cork. The news was celebrated at an opening ceremony hosted by the Lord Mayor of Cork City and IDA Ireland. The inauguration comes just nine months after the company confirmed their plans to extend... Read More
14 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today at 1.00pm the Lord Mayor of Cork Des Cahill will unveil a bust of Éamon de Valera sculpted by Seamus Murphy in the Cork Public Museum in Fitzgerald’s Park. The bust has been donated by former councillor Máirín Quill, who acquired the piece from the family... Read More
12 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Junior Minister Murphy announces €2.8m in additional funding for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in 2017. Funding has increased more than fourfold to over €7.5 million since 2014 The Minister for European Affairs, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Dara Murphy T.D. has announced that the... Read More
12 October 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fail Spokesperson Sport, Kevin O’Keeffe TD have said that they deeply disappointed and angry at the Government’s decision to cut funding to sport and recreational services for 2017 by 17%. “This is an incredibly regressive decision from the Government. It is one of the few funding cuts... Read More
12 October 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Two budgets since announcement, and still no money or timeline Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Aindrias Moynihan has said that once again the much-needed N22 upgrade, and the bypass of Macroom, has been ignored by the Fine Gael Government. “Yet again, the people of North West... Read More
12 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Labour TD and Spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, Seán Sherlock , has highlighted how thin the Government has spread the ‘fiscal space’ in the Budget announced yesterday. “The immediate aftermath of a Budget announcement tends to focus on top-line figures in the areas of Social Protection and... Read More
12 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance TD Mick Barry this morning slammed yesterday’s Budget announcement that the national minimum wage will be set at a rate of 9.25 euro an hour next year – an increase of just 10 cent. He said: “Yesterday, one of the best paid Finance Ministers in... Read More
11 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Deputy Spokesperson on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Pat Buckley TD has called for the government to release a detailed and targeted plan to invest in delivering improvements to community based mental health services. He made his comments following the release of the Budget 2017, which... Read More
7 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A former Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork – Cllr Kenneth O’Flynn – has issued a statement in which he said “It has been brought to my attention that the former Amgen site in Carrigtwohill is to be visited by executives or representatives of Nissan Japan and Nissan... Read More
30 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy was in Denmark recently, where he met the Tourism Ireland team in Copenhagen. Minister Murphy was briefed on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme, which is in full swing right now, to boost tourism from the Nordic Region to the island of Ireland... Read More
