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Category / AREA: SOUTH CORK
2nd February, 2017

Allsop to Bring 16 Cork Properties to Market in February Auction

2 February 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Allsop have announced details of their first auction of 2017, an Online Auction featuring over 190 properties to be held on 23rd February. The auction will open with a large selection of residential properties, both tenanted and vacant. This will be followed by the commercial offering, featuring over... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS
1st February, 2017

Housing Minister Simon Coveney signs Orders designating Ballincollig, Carrigaline (part of), Douglas and Passage West as ‘Rent Pressure Zones’

1 February 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney, T.D., has signed Orders this week designating Ballincollig, Carrigaline (the Northern/’City side’ only), Douglas and Passage West as Rent Pressure Zones. The new Orders mean that rent increases in these local electoral areas will be limited to... Read More
AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
29th January, 2017

708 fathers from Cork have availed of paid paternity leave since 1st September 2016

29 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland introduced paid Paternity leave on September 1st 2016 and up to January 11th 2017, 5,545 fathers had taken up the 2 weeks leave to look after their new babies. Locally, 708 fathers from Cork have taken up the paid paternity leave since the option became available.... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS
29th January, 2017

Rent Control zones will cause serious confusion and distortion in Carrigaline

29 January 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, has said that it is absurd, and potentially will cause distortion, that half of Carrigaline town, in the Ministers back yard, has been included in a Rent Control zone, and half has not. “Minister Coveney has designated the Ballincollig-Carrigaline Municipal District area... Read More
AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
29th January, 2017

Minister for Justice needs to explain to the Dáil administration of Magdalene Scheme

29 January 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork South Central Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Justice Minister to address the Dáil to explain the manner in which the Magdalene Redress scheme is being administered. Deputy Ó Laoghaire made the call following the revelation that the Department of Justice is... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
24th January, 2017

Searches for New Homes in Cork increase by 107%

24 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Searches for new homes in Cork have increased by 107% in the week’s following the launch of the “Help-to-buy” scheme by the Government, according to Property website – Daft.ie. The site recorded an increase of 107% in searches for new homes in Cork when compared with the... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS
23rd January, 2017

Credit Unions can offer much needed competition in mortgage market says McGrath

23 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath (Cork South Central TD, based in Carrigaline) has said that Credit Unions have the potential to offer badly needed competition in the mortgage market but that rules on lending restrictions will have to change to allow this to happen. Deputy... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS
23rd January, 2017

Cork politicians back ‘The Cork Foundation’

23 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Foundation recently held a briefing in Leinster House with all Cork based TD’s and Senators. The organisation which was established in 2013 is a registered charity that matches donors to social enterprises who through this funding can create sustainable jobs, positively impacting communities at grass... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS
21st January, 2017

ROWING: O’Donovan Brothers jointly win ‘Cork Person of the Year’ title

21 Janaury 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie West Cork’s famous brothers have won another titel prestgious title of ‘Cork Persons of the Year’. Skibbereen based 2016 Olympic medal winners Gary and Paul O’Donovan received the title at todays gala awards luncheon in Rochestown Park Hotel Cork. The Mayor of Cork County Seamus McGrath and Lord Mayor of... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SPORT
19th January, 2017

Ringaskiddy incinerator delay unfair and lacking transparency, says Green Party in Cork

19 January 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie File photo of anchor at Ringaskiddy Car Ferry building. Copyright TheCork.ie 2009.The Green Party in Cork are “deeply concerned” that An Bord Pleanála has once again postponed the decision date for the Indaver Ireland waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy. The postponement has been reported in the Irish Examiner Newspaper... Read More
AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS
16th January, 2017

30% of Cork people have dropped their smartphone down the toilet – according to insurance firm study

16 January 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork is among the most careless of counties when it comes to looking after smartphones, a survey commissioned by Low.ie has revealed. Confirming its status as the ‘rebel’ county, some 28% of respondents from Cork admitted to going the extra mile to save their smartphone after dropping it... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS
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