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10th November, 2025

‘Local Community Safety Partnership’ replaces ‘Joint Policing Committee’

10 November 2025 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Since JPC’s were abolished nationally there had been a gap, that has now been plugged Cork City is proud to announce the official establishment of the Cork City Local Community Safety Partnership, a new initiative aimed at enhancing safety across the city. The Partnership brings together residents, community... Read More
AONTÚ, AREA: CORK CITY, FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, GREEN PARTY, INDEPENDENT IRELAND, LABOUR, NON PARTY, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, SOCIALIST PARTY, WORKERS PARTY
10th November, 2025

Cork City Council upgrades camera system to live stream meetings

10 November 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Cork City Council plans to introduce a new system to improve the viewer experience of its live-streamed council meetings – the new system will automatically switch the camera to the person who is speaking The new system will be introduced in phases over the coming months, beginning at... Read More
AONTÚ, AREA: CORK CITY, FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, GREEN PARTY, INDEPENDENT IRELAND, LABOUR, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, SOCIALIST PARTY, WORKERS PARTY
13th June, 2025

City and County Councillors likely to get more powers in next Local Government Act

5 June 2025 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Local Democracy Taskforce established to reform and strengthen local government   Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne and Minister of State with responsibility for planning local government John Cummins TD have confirmed the establishment of the Local Democracy Taskforce to finalise a programme of reform... Read More
AONTÚ, AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, GREEN PARTY, INDEPENDENT IRELAND, LABOUR, NON PARTY, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, SOCIALIST PARTY, WORKERS PARTY
5th June, 2025

City and County Councillors likely to get more powers in next Local Government Act

5 June 2025 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Local Democracy Taskforce established to reform and strengthen local government Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne and Minister of State with responsibility for planning local government John Cummins TD have confirmed the establishment of the Local Democracy Taskforce to finalise a programme of reform and... Read More
AONTÚ, AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, GREEN PARTY, INDEPENDENT IRELAND, LABOUR, NON PARTY, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, SOCIALIST PARTY, WORKERS PARTY
10th July, 2024

348 Council Houses Vacant in Cork City is “too many” – says Soc Dems Councillor

10 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New figures obtained by Social Democrats Cllr Pádraig Rice by Cork City Council show that 348 Council houses are currently vacant – 44 of these in the South Central Ward. Cllr Rice submitted a written question to the Chief Executive to better understand exactly how many Council houses... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS, POLITICS, SOCIALIST PARTY
10th June, 2024

Final list of Cork County Councillors elected for 2024-2029 5-year term

10 June 2024 By David Lynch david@TheCork.ie Final Results of Cork County Council Local Elections 2024   All 55 seats for Cork County Council have now been filled following the 2024 Local Elections. Fianna Fáil is now the largest party on Cork County Council with 19 Elected Members, followed by Fine Gael with 18. There... Read More
AONTÚ, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, GREEN PARTY, INDEPENDENT IRELAND, LABOUR, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, SOCIALIST PARTY, WORKERS PARTY
7th December, 2023

Why are many City and County Councillors considering opting out of Local Government?

7 Decemver 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Being a Cllr is a part time job, historically many Cllrs were self-employed or had an understanding employer who would let them attend meetings during work hors – but society has changed with greater expectations, and social media demands Independent Senators have emphasised problems that will lead to... Read More
AONTÚ, AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, GREEN PARTY, LABOUR, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, SOCIALIST PARTY, WORKERS PARTY
12th September, 2023

Relief needed to support households as mortgage interest costs increase by 51%

12 September 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork South-Central, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, has called for the introduction of temporary and targeted mortgage interest relief to support struggling households. The Cork South-Central TD was speaking after the Central Statistics Office (CSO) found that mortgage interest costs had risen by 51 percent in... Read More
NEWS, POLITICS, SOCIALIST PARTY
19th January, 2023

AUDIO: Argos to close all Republic of Ireland stores by end of June – 500+ jobs will be lost across their 34 Irish stores, which includes 2 in Cork

19 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Argos is to close all 34 of its Irish stores including the 2 in Cork at Mahon Point Retail Park & Blackpool Retail Park (which incidentally was always referred to as”Cork Retail Park” with no mentioned of the word Blackpool on the Argos website) Before the internet, Argos... Read More
AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS, POLITICS, SOCIALIST PARTY
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