21 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said that social media platforms and other digital publishers must either voluntarily dip into their pockets, or be required by the State, to support Ireland’s local media and journalism. “The Covid 19 crisis has really hit our local newspapers and radio stations.... Read More
21 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fund will prioritise organisations delivering frontline services such as Meals on Wheels Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, has confirmed that €116,277 in funding has been secured for Cork County’s Community Call response to Covid-19. The COVID-19 Emergency Fund will provide immediate and urgently needed funding totalling to local... Read More
20 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central) has called on the Minister for Education and the State Examinations Commission to confirm that fees will be waived for Leaving Cert students, and that fees paid by Junior Cert students will be refunded. Speaking today the Sinn Féin Education... Read More
19 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD Colm Burke has written to Minister for Health Simon Harris calling for access to WiFi to be made available to all 19 HSE maternity units across the country. As a result of Covid-19 preventative measures, strict visitor restrictions in maternity units have been in place... Read More
18 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Department of Education to work with the National Education Psychology Service to provide and promote through a publicity campaign a dedicated helpline for Leaving Cert students. Speaking today Deputy Ó Laoghaire, Sinn Féins Education spokesperson, has said that... Read More
17 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The current Mayor of Clonakilty is Michael O’Neill Jnr. The Mayorship is a non-statutory position created locally after the Town Council was abolished in 2014. It is overseen by the Clonakilty Mayoral Council. Hello, my name is Michael O’Neill Jnr and I am the Mayor of Clonakilty, the only... Read More
16 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bookies: Micheál Martin 4/11 from 8/11 to Become Next Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar have agreed a policy framework document which will see both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael enter government together. The two leaders agreed to work towards forming a majority government for five years but only on the... Read More
15 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Cork TD has expressed concern about ‘Local only’s sings which have appeared in picturesque areas, which normally welcome holidaymakers, many of whom own second houses. Social Democrats Cork South West TD Holly Cairns took to social media to quell tensions. I understand everyone is worried. Social distancing... Read More
15 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Micheál MartinFianna Fáil Leader and TD for Cork South Central Micheál Martin says Debenhams management has a responsibility to its Irish staff and must engage with trade unions to ensure that a redundancy package can be reached. He was responding to the announcement last week that the company... Read More
13 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Social Democrats were founded in Ireland in 2015. It is a centre-left party with 6 Dail seats, no Seanad seats, no MEP’s, and 19 Councillors. The party is better known in Cork since the 2020 election of Holly Cairns as a TD in Cork South West. As... Read More
13 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has backed community calls asking people to be proactive in reducing litter during the COVID19 crisis. Green Party councillor, Oliver Moran, made the call after reports of a rise in casual litter at a number of city parks and beauty spots. Cllr Moran’s... Read More
13 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A recent report from the National Transport Agency (NTA) credited an 11% drop in use of the rent-a-bike schemes in Cork to increased bus services in the city. Green Party Councillor for Cork City South West, Colette Finn, said the reason the service has experienced such a drop... Read More
