12 March 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Taoiseach Micheál Martin and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to hold UK-Ireland Summit in Cork Taoiseach Micheál Martin will today (Thursday) welcome UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Cork for the second annual UK-Ireland Summit. At last year’s inaugural Summit in Liverpool, both leaders agreed to launch a... Read More
11 March 2026 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Carrigaline branch is located with the existing Library, near Dunnes Stores on Strand Road, Carrigaline, Co Cork with an email address of europedirect@corkcoco.ie Nine EUROPE DIRECT centres from Ireland will join other 391 from across the EU in Brussels on Thursday, 12 March, to exchange best practices on... Read More
28 February 2026, Saturday By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Tánaiste, Fine Gael Party Leader and Minister for Finance Simon Harris (FG TD) visited Cork yesterday, meeting with business leaders, credit unions, community groups and Fine Gael members as part of a series of visits to counties across the country. The Tánaiste was joined throughout the day... Read More
27 February 2026 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie First South Credit Union today welcomed the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, Simon Harris TD, to their offices in South Mall Cork. This was the first official visit by the Tánaiste to a credit union in his role as Minister for Finance. He used the occasion to discuss... Read More
26 February 2026 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Fergal Dennehy, has welcomed the removal of the scaffolding and the near completion of the €590,000 restoration of the famous St Anne’s Church at Shandon. “This is a great day for the city. With its restored clockfaces and clock mechanism, and its... Read More
20 February 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North West Fine Gael TD John Paul O’Shea has welcomed the opening of the new application window under the ACRES Scheme for Landscape Actions, describing it as an important opportunity for farmers to enhance environmental protection while increasing farm payments. Deputy O’Shea said the ACRES Scheme, jointly... Read More
19 February 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cllr Honore Kamegni hopes that the people of Cork will support a default 30km/h speed limit in built-up areas across Cork City, as part of the National Speed Limit Review consultation, which closed recently. Cllr Kamegni formally submitted his own proposal backing the introduction of 30km/h as the... Read More
18 February 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Senator Harmon, Labour Party spokesperson for Disability said: “There has to be more collaboration between HSE and local councils in regard to Independent Living. This issue has been pushed to the wayside for far too long. We need to see proper and enforceable accessible housing targets. The Irish... Read More
17 February 2026 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie One of the Largest infrastructure projects to be delivered in Macroom town to commence this week Aindrias Moynihan TD for Cork North West has welcomed confirmation of the sod-turning at the site of the new Garda Station in Macroom. “This significant milestone will take place this Friday, 20th... Read More
15 February 2026 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Cllr Michael Creed has passed away aged 68 A proud Fine Gael representative, Cllr. Creed first joined Cork County Council through co-option in 2007 and went on to secure re-election in every subsequent local election, a reflection of the strong and enduring support he held among... Read More
8 February 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton has announced details of the first phased roll-out of the new Education Therapy Services (ETS). The Education Therapy Service (ETS), a standalone commitment under the Programme for Government, represents a major cross departmental initiative to strengthen supports for children with... Read More
8 February 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The State is funding GLP-1 weight-loss medicines for prisoners while ordinary patients are denied access under the Drugs Payment Scheme – says Cork TD Figures released under Freedom of Information show that more than €57,000 has been spent on Ozempic for prisoners since 2022, with total spending on... Read More