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10 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central and the party’s Seanad Spokesperson on Health Colm Burke has today welcomed a package of €85 million extra investment which was announced by Minister James Reilly for early years and after-school, including important improvements to the Early Childhood Care and Education... Read More
10 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, Jerry Buttimer, has said that changes implemented in the housing department in Cork City Council will ensure that the use of available funding is maximised. Deputy Buttimer was commenting following a meeting with the Chief Executive of Cork City Council and... Read More
9 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Lord Mayor will meet Ambassador of Palestine The Lord Mayor of Cork will launch the annual Palestinian support calendar, in Council Chambers tomorrow (Thursday, December 10th), with Special guest of Honour, The Ambassador of Palestine. The annual calendar produced by Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign, will be formally... Read More
9 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD has called on the Taoiseach today in Dáil Éireann to initiate a new scheme with insurance companies here to ensure that homeowners who have been victims of flooding can continue to access affordable house insurance. #Bandon is flooding, possibly worse than 09... Read More
8 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Jonathan O’Brien TD to introduce bill to ban religious discrimination in schools Deputy Jonathan O’Brien will today introduce legislation that, if passed, would have the effect of “ending religious discrimination” against children entering the school system. The Cork-based Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson said will introduce the Equality in Education... Read More
8 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie At their meeting today the Government decided to establish a fund of €5m to aid small businesses which have suffered damage to their property in the current flooding. The fund will be administered on behalf of the Government by the Red Cross. Welcoming the decision, the Minister... Read More
8 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor Cllr. Chris O’Leary had launched the St Vincent de Paul ‘Giving Tree’ at Merchant’s Quay Shopping Centre. The launch was attended by volunteers of the charity. Donations of gifts for the needy can be left at the tree in Merchant’s Quay Shopping Centre in Cork City Centre.
8 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Noel Harrington, has said that news of a greenlight for the Seafood Development Operational Programme is very welcome for fishing communities and will help to create jobs in West Cork. “This week the European Commission has agreed Ireland’s new €241 million... Read More
8 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Councillor Rachel McCarthy has commended the people of Bandon as nearly 2,000 people took to streets last night to protest against the failure to deliver the repeatedly promised flood relief system and main drainage scheme for the town. She said “Six years after the 2009... Read More