22 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, T.D. (Cork South Central) welcomes the extension of the ‘Naval Personnel Sea Going Tax Credit’ in the Finance Bill 2022 Carrigaline based Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs has welcomed the extension of the Naval Personnel Sea... Read More
21 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork University Hospital intend to carry out works to fell the trees at the front of the campus “which have reached end of life”. The trees are located inside the perimeter railing by the front entrance to the hospital adjacent to the main road. The works will take... Read More
20 October 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City Centre Business The business contribution of longstanding retailer, Kilkenny Design, was recognised today by the Minister for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English TD, on a visit to the group’s flagship store at Emmet Place in Cork. As well as being a founding member of Champion... Read More
20 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Social Democrats will have a free to all, public event this Saturday, October 22nd, in Cork City’s Metropole Hotel on MacCurtain Street. Starting at 11am, local TD Holly Cairns (Cork South West) along with Catherine Murphy TD & Róisín Shortall TD will be present at a public... Read More
18 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has welcomed the announcement that Phase 2 of the Glanmire to city centre pedestrian/cycleway will be included in a national programme of “pathfinder” projects for sustainable transport. Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, this week launched the Pathfinder Programme of 35 national exemplars of... Read More
18 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Aindreas Moynihan, has welcomed the publication of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants. The report is available online here. Deputy Moynihan commented: “The cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group was established in March... Read More
16 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie EPA finds smelly Kinsale Waste Water treatment plant undersized for existing housing demand The EPA has published a report in the last week criticising the continuous and ongoing breaches at Kinsale’s waste water treatment plant (Site Visit Report Kinsale WWTP Oct 2022). For years residents have been complaining... Read More
14 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cllr. O’Shea Welcome Funding For Community Centres in Cork Community centres in Cork will receive funding of up to €25,000 to upgrade facilities which will benefit users of all ages, according to North Cork Fine Gael Councillor John Paul O’Shea. Cllr. O’Shea was speaking after Minister for Rural... Read More
14 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The service has experienced a significant amount of added pressure due to the removal of a dedicated service from the city to Cork airport, the 226A in April 2020, forcing tourists onto the Kinsale 226 route bus service. Bus Eireann’s heavily used bus service from Kinsale to Cork... Read More
12 October 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Aindrias Moynihan, has urged people considering travelling abroad over Christmas and the New Year to check their passport expiry date as soon as possible to give them time to renew if needed. Deputy Moynihan commented, “Just like during the Summer, Christmastime... Read More
10 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Christ King Girls’ Secondary School has recently received approval and a substantial grant towards the completion of a significant new extension to its school complex. The new development will consist of four additional classrooms, two state-of-the-art specialist rooms namely: Graphics & Design and Communication Graphics (DCG). Additional new... Read More
3 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie TD’s need to vote en bloc to block the concrete block levy Sinn Féin TD for Cork East has urged all TDs to back the party’s upcoming motion in the Dáil to scrap the government’s concrete block levy plans. Speaking today, Deputy Buckley said: “Sinn Féin will bring... Read More