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2 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Minister of State at the Department of Health Jim Daly TD has confirmed that podiatry services provided at Bantry General Hospital are set to increase. Confirmation was provided to the Minister by the Chief Executive Officer of the South West Hospital group Mr. Gerry Dwyer, at a...
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30 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is currently preparing a new Corporate Plan. This document, which will be approved by elected members, will run for 5 years and will contain the aims and actions which will inform and guide the Council’s activities during this time. The Council is seeking the views...
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29 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A national healthy eating audit of school canteens should be carried out to ensure students have healthy choices at school, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Colm Burke said: “A study conducted by UCD and DCU researchers which looked at canteens in a select number of schools,...
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23 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says dental staff vacancies across West Cork must be addressed as a matter of urgency as some children are not receiving their routine dental check ups before they leave primary school. Deputy Murphy O’Mahony has been contacted by...
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23 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Central Bank analysis a wake-up call for the Minister – McGrath Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath TD has expressed concern at the findings contained in a Central Bank report published today. The report assesses the impacts on the public finances from a decline in corporation tax...
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22 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party has said Cork should aim to be the electric bike capital of Europe in 10 years The party will propose a 15% increase in Local Property Tax, ring fenced in a two-to-one ratio between what it says are strategic cycle infrastructure for the city and...
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18 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Councillor Oliver Moran selected to contest Cork North Central by-election for Greens Green Party members in Cork North Central have nominated their first-time councillor for Cork City North East, and Green Party spokesperson for political reform, Oliver Moran to contest the by-election in the constituency. Speaking after his...
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17 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie €175,000 Fermoy Weir Funding for Cork County Council Confirmed The confirmation of a maximum of €175,000 funding from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government for Fermoy Weir has been welcomed by Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice &...
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9 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called for the extension of Community Safety Forums to Glanmire to help resolve local issues, including persistent anti-social behaviour. The call follows reports of youths throwing bottles at people using John O’Callaghan Park on Saturday night. The forums, which are already established...
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7 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has announced that West Cork schools and community groups are to receive €114,800 under the Government’s CLÁR Programme, which funds small infrastructural projects in rural areas that have suffered high levels of rural depopulation. The Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring...
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5 September 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, has confirmed the allocation of additional school transport to Kinsale Community School, stating: “I have been liaising with the Department about various pressure zones in Cork and campaigning for solutions to the school transport shortages. “Department officials have confirmed to me that an...
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2 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission should come before the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee to discuss the current beef crisis. She says it would be beneficial for the public to hear from the CCPC as the current crisis...
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