21 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth news@TheCork.ie Social Democrats candidate for Cork North Central, Sinéad Halpin has said that the increasing level of crime across the city and county is a reflection of the failing policies of Fine Gael. This is in response to the shocking crimes that have occurred in Cork over the last […]
21 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “the change is small but will make a difference” says Green Party Cork City Cllr Oliver MoranThis general election will be the last time that voters on Grattan Hill in St Luke’s will have to walk past a polling station 200m from their homes to vote in one […]
20 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie
20 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Picture an open air table on Grand Parade in Cork City centre. In those cold conditions on Saturday morning, a large number of people queued for up to 40 minutes to register to vote. The registration drive was organised by Cork Votes, a newly formed group established in […]
19 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Government Senator – who is a Solicitor by profession – has had a brick thrown through the window of his Blackpool, Cork City constituency office this Sunday evening. Fine Gael Senator Colm Burke said via Facebook “Bricks fired through the window in my office in Blackpool this […]
17 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Hogan’s “LNG win-win” speech is representative of Fine Gael’s ‘greenwashing’, says Green Party’s Lorna Bogue A speech given by a former Fine Gael Minister for the Environment is ‘representative’ of the incumbent government party’s dedication to tackling the climate crisis, according to Green Party candidate for Cork South […]
15 January 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Cllr Kenneth O’Flynn has announced that he is to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming General Election for Cork North Central. “It has always been my intention to seek to represent the people of Cork North Central in Dail Eireann. The Fianna Fail party […]
14 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie North Cork Fine Gael Councillor & General Election Candidate John Paul O’Shea recently confirmed that the planned new primary school in Kanturk will go to construction during 2020. Cllr. O’Shea received written confirmation from Minister of State at the Office of Public Works this week that the project […]
14 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork is asking descendants of councillors in the 1920 Cork Corporation to contact City Hall if they would like to attend this month’s historic commemorative meeting. Cork City Council will hold a Special Meeting on January 30 to commemorate the first meeting of Council […]
13 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Promoters of a new Life Sciences R&D Hub have welcomed the news of more than €3 million in funding through the Regional Enterprise Development Fund as announced by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD last week. The not-for-profit SynBioHub DAC (trading as CorkBioHub) will act […]