11 March 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Speaking from Strasbourg today, Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada – from the Muskerry Gaeltacht on the Cork/Kerry border – gave a warm welcome to the ‘language campaign’ begun by her parliamentary colleague Seán Kelly MEP – who hails from Kerry. Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly announced this week […]
10 March 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Cllr Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has welcomed Cork County Council’s passing of a Pay Parking Policy, stating that it gives discretion to locally elected Councillors, and could allow for the impasse regarding pay parking in Douglas to be brought to an end. “This is an important step, and I […]
3 March 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Liadh Ní Riada, MEP for Ireland South began her language strike yesterday. The Junker Investment Plan was being discussed in the first joint committee meeting of Budget and Economic and Monetary Affairs. An attempt was made to make a point through Irish but her contribution was interrupted almost […]
1 March 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin’s sitting TD in Cork North Central Deputy Jonathan O’Brien will contest the next general election in the constituency. Deputy O’Brien, who topped the poll in 2011, was selected as the party’s candidate at a convention at the Maldron Hotel last week. Speaking after the convention, he […]
![[Video Exclusive] “4 times over the limit” Drink driving ban for Sinn Fein Cork Cllr](https://www.thecork.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/thecorkielogo-300x50-300x5024211121.png "[Video Exclusive] “4 times over the limit” Drink driving ban for Sinn Fein Cork Cllr")
11th December 2014 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie A Sinn Fein elected representative has been banned from driving for 3 years after being convicted of drink driving. Cork County Cllr Pat Buckley with an address at Broomfield West, Midleton, Co Cork was stopped by Gardai in the early hours of a Sunday morning on Mill Road […]
![[Audio vox pop] Will Cork people travel to Dublin for todays water protest?](https://www.thecork.ie/wp-content/uploads/EHIFV4Lq_400x4001.jpeg "[Audio vox pop] Will Cork people travel to Dublin for todays water protest?")
10th December 2014, Wednesday By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie I asked people in Cork City for their thoughts. Is there an appetite to travel to the nations capital (some 3 hours away) to protest against water charges.
8th December 2014, Wednesday By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan Sinn Féin Cllr Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has claimed that Cork County Council is simply not doing enough to tackle the issue of homelessness. Speaking after a report was presented to Councillors at today’s meeting of Cork County Council, following on from a motion tabled by Cllr Ó […]
16 July 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Cork politician has spoken publicly for the first time about how she was born in a mother and baby home, and then went on to visit the same institution 17 years later when she became pregnant. Yoghal based County Cllr Mary Linehan-Foley spoke about her own experiences […]
25th June 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Mahon based City Councillor says the time has come for a total ban on bonfires in Cork City, even at the City Council run events. In previous years the City Council tried to discourage the lighting of fires by referring to the day as “Saint Johns Eve” […]
25th June 2014 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie There have been calls for a total banon bonfires in Cork City. Mahon based City Cllr Chris O’Leary says again last night many green areas were destroyed by illegal fires. Rubbish dumped in #cork for illegal bonfire tonight pic.twitter.com/pdqw1pO1Zc — David O'Sullivan (@David_OSullivan) June 23, 2014 The Sinn […]
18th June 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie (Copyright TheCork.ie) Next Monday – June 23rd – will be Bonfire Night, or “Bonna”. It’s the busiest night of the year for the Fire Services, and last year Cork City Fire Brigade was called out almost 70 times. There are unsupervised bonfires, and often the emergency services are […]
3rd June 2014 By David O’Sullivan bryan@TheCork.ie The only places in Ireland to have a Mayor are now City’s and County’s. Town’s do not have Mayor’s anymore. That’s because TOwn Councils, and hence their Mayors were abolished on June 1st. There used to be 80 Town Councils across the Country including 12 in Cork. Now, […]