15 November 2022 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Michael Moynihan, has welcomed Cabinet approval for the Gambling Regulation bill which will regulate gambling in Ireland. This is the first time major regulation of gambling has been legislated for in Ireland and will establish the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland.... Read More
15 November 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney TD, today (15 November) attended a meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Brussels. Ministers discussed the situation in Ukraine and what further steps the EU can take to increase support to Ukraine. The Ukrainian Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, and the Secretary General... Read More
14 November 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie In the era before airplanes Cork was the last port of call on ships heading across the Atlantic to the USA and Canada. This combined with the many creameries meant it was a world centre of the butter industry Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, visited the Butter Museum, Cork... Read More
12 November 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The €7.54 million redevelopment of Edel House, Good Shepherd Cork’s emergency shelter for women and children, was officially opened today by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin T.D. Edel House first opened its doors in 1972 and currently provides emergency accommodation for up to 13 families and 20 single women... Read More
12 November 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Increasing the age of tobacco and nicotine-inhaling product purchases from 18 years of age to 21 was one of the key proposals from a recent report from the Tobacco 21 Alliance Fine Gael Health Spokesperson and Cork North Central TD, Colm Burke, is calling for Government to give... Read More
7 November 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This months €1.3 billion announcement for forestry supports will provide certainty for farmers and aims to get confidence back into the sector, Fine Gael Senators have said. Senators Tim Lombard and Micheál Carrigy recently raised the significant worry felt by many in the industry while addressing Minister McConalogue... Read More
3 November 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie As reported on TheCork.ie recently (October 14th) many users of the Kinsale-Cork City bus service are unhappy with overcrowding. Now, Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard along with his colleagues Cllr Marie O’Sullivan, Cllr Kevin Murphy and Cllr John O’Sullivan are to hold a Public Meeting to discuss the... Read More
31 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Meeting to take place in Mitchelstown on November 4th with Ministers Coveney and Heydon Challenges facing the rural and agriculture sector will be the focus of a one day conference hosted by Fine Gael in Cork in the coming days. The Fine Gael National Agriculture, Food and Rural... Read More
29 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Taoiseach and Uachtarán Fhianna Fáil Micheál Martin TD has said he is deeply saddenedf to learn of the passing of his former colleague and good friend, Donal Moynihan. Donal was a native of Gort na Scairte, between Ballymakeera and Coolea. He was a lifelong member of Fianna Fáil... Read More
28 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Cork North Central based Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said that the agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council this week setting a target of 100% zero-emission cars and vans by 2035 is a major milestone in our collective journey to make Europe carbon-neutral by... Read More
28 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie North Cork Fine Gael Councillor John Paul O’Shea has welcomed the announcement that Cork County Council has appointed JODA Engineering to lead a Multidisciplinary Design Team who will provide the necessary expertise to prepare a full and comprehensive Final Design, Tender, Construction and Certification Complete for the proposed... Read More