26 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dara Murphy, Europe Minister Welcome’s €18,000 funding for Culture Night 2016 in Cork City and County. Dara Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central and Europe Minister has welcomed government funding of €18,000 for Cork Culture Night 2016, with Cork City Council receiving €10,000 and €8,000... Read More
25 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dara Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central and Minister for European Affairs, says the latest Failte Ireland figures on tourism, show that tourists from mainland Europe were the biggest contributors to Ireland’s travel & tourism industry, spending €1.6 billion over the duration of their holidays,... Read More
24 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath (A TD from Carrigaline, Co Cork) has said his party will support measures to end aggressive tax avoidance by vulture funds. Deputy McGrath was responding to reports in the media today that vulture funds making multi-million euro profits in Ireland... Read More
22 July 2016 By Tom Collins bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath says the government needs to intensify its efforts to address the unsustainable increases in motor insurance premiums. Deputy McGrath was commenting as the ‘Working Group’ set up by the government in response to a Fianna Fáil private members’ Dáil motion on... Read More
22 July 2016 By Tom Collins bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says the Housing Minister Simon Coveney must live up to his commitments on social housing projects. Earlier this week it was announced that 50 homes would be built in Clonakility. Deputy Murphy O’Mahony commented, “There are hundreds of... Read More
20 July 2016, Wednesday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin members from across Cork will gather in the Common Inn this Thursday evening, July 21st, as part of the process of setting out the party’s strategic direction for the next ten years. The meeting is one of over 40 meetings that will take place across... Read More
19 July 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fewer than 5% of people are claiming their entitlements as millions of Euro is going unclaimed every year! In a recent global ranking of airlines, www.airhelp.com ranked Aer Lingus at 32nd and Ryanair at 39th Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, and member of the EU Transport Committee, Deirdre... Read More
17 July 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has said that despite the fact that Cork City Council tenants are paying a total of approximately €20 million per annum in rents for their homes the council’s housing maintenance scheme has been pared down to the bone. The Mayfield based councillor said... Read More
15 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Des Cahill, welcomed the increase in the city’s population as a vote of confidence in Cork. The Census of Population 2016 Preliminary Report estimated that there is an extra 6,392 people living in the city since 2011, an increase of 5.4%... Read More
14 July 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Political reform activist and Green Party candidate (whenever the next election may be) for Cork North Central, Oliver Moran, has called on the Government to set out how it intends to respond to the consequences of Census 2016 for Dáil constituencies. The rise in population discovered by the... Read More
13 July 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North Central TD Jonathan O’Brien has hit out at the patient referral system currently in place at the MRI Unit in Cork University Hospital (CUH), branding it as “reprehensible to say the very least”. The MRI Unit at the hospital had recently sent letters to Dr Nick... Read More
13 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Out-going Chair of UCC Greens, Justin Fleming, said that the Lord Mayor driving an electric car would mean that Cork would be “leading by example” in response to climate change and peak oil. Mr Fleming said, “Petrol and diesel cars are ‘dead cars driving’ in the sense... Read More
