2 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Speaking during a Dáil debate this evening on a Labour Party motion regarding the right of workers, Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire paid tribute to the Vita Cortex workers as he called for redundancy reform. Deputy Ó Laoghaire said; “In 2011 and 2012, Workers from Vita Cortex... Read More
31 May 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada will be hosting a conference on language discrimination and linguistic diversity in the European Union in Brussels tomorrow. Speaking in advance of the conference, Liadh Ní Riada said: “We have a great diversity of language within the EU. However some of them... Read More
26 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD in Cork South Central, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Government to consider allowing the public to claim Tax back for money spent on Counselling Services, psychiatry and other treatments to assist mental health. “In the same way that we should aim not only... Read More
23 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie County Mayor, Cllr. John Paul O’Shea and the Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Mr. Tim Lucey, are leading a delegation to Jiangsu Province, China from May 23rd. Members of the delegation include representatives from UCC, CIT, CETB, IDA, Cork Chamber, it@Cork, Green Ireland International and officials... Read More
19 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Walks On Line was launched by Árd Mheara, Cllr Chris O Leary earlier today. This is a digital version of Cork Walks which is a series of four free Heritage related walking trails in the city centre, all of which start from Daunts Square. Funded by... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD, Pat Buckley, East Cork has said that he is delighted to be appointed as a Sinn Féin spokesperson on Mental Health today. Speaking today Deputy Buckley said: “It has been a dream of mine to be able to give voice to mental health ever... Read More
10 May 2016 tom@TheCork.ie Do you “have” Irish? The European Institutions are recruiting Irish Speakers. Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune is advising all Irish speakers that the EU Institutions are currently seeking to recruit 13 Irish speakers as linguistic assistants. The Ireland South MEP said the roles would be based in both Brussels and Luxembourg... Read More
10 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has expressed his concern, and alarm at the continued runaway increases in rent in Cork City, and the impact it is having on so many families. He was speaking following the publication of a report by Daft.ie, which showed that rent in... Read More
5 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Minister for Health to review the funding for the Home Help Scheme, and for the Home Care packages. He was commenting on figures obtained by PQ, which show that the majority of new applications for Home Help approved... Read More
4 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This year the European Parliament Information office in Ireland is celebrating Europe Day in Cork. Sean Kelly MEP (Fine Gael), Deidre Clune MEP (Fine Gael) and Liadh Ni Riada MEP (Sinn Fein) will be there to share the celebrations and Shay Byrne (RTE Rising Time) will be... Read More
27 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor, Councillor Chris O’ Leary has this morning welcomed the winning by Cork of another major international award last night. The win came at the prestigious Contactless and Mobile Annual Awards in London, where other category winners came from Poland, Great Britain, Turkey and beyond.... Read More
22 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada stated that the Gearagh natural amenity in the Upper Lee Valley must be realised and developed as a local amenity, a tourist attraction and as a research site. She made the comments following a meeting with the ESB at Iniscarra earlier this... Read More
