23 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 29,688 waiting with 6,817 on the list for over a year Figures recently released to Fianna Fáil Disability Spokesperson Margaret Murphy O’Mahony show that almost 30,000 people are waiting for a first assessment for occupational therapy. The figures, up to the end of May 2017, show an increase... Read More
22 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The count down has started for this year’s Culture Night, the annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts, which takes place on Friday, 22nd September. An opportunity to explore your local area as arts, cultural organisations, and venues of all shapes and sizes... Read More
18 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie More than 40 students of the National Learning Network (NLN) in Bantry have been honoured for their “inspirational efforts”. The certification ceremony, held in the Bantry NLN centre on Thursday afternoon, was attended by West Cork based Junior Minister Jim Daly TD (Fine Gael). It recognised “the dedication... Read More
18 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie St. Matthias COI Church in Ballydehob, West Cork will be ablaze with colour this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 19th & 20th August, when it hosts a floral festival to celebrate the reopening of the church following extensive repairs to the roof and internal structures carried out over... Read More
17 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South West and Minister of State Jim Daly has confirmed the news that the Model School, Dunmanway will now be allocated a school traffic warden. After actively lobbying the Council with a number of years Minister Daly has received confirmation that necessary arrangements... Read More
16 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Glanmire’s success at the Tullamore show in the Macra/FBD Farmskills competition means the Stephen Cullinane Cup passes to the Seandun Region of Co Cork for 2017. The Macra/FBD Farmskills title will pass from Caheragh, Carbery to Glanmire, Seandun but will remain in Cork for 2017 after Glanmire... Read More
16 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for State Jim Daly has today confirmed that progress is being made on the N71 Leap road surfacing. A long outstanding issue for the community, the end is now in sight as a timeframe has now been established for the works. Commenting on the issue, Minister... Read More
14 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI assisted two sailors this evening (Monday 14 August) after their yacht lost power off Mizen Head off the coast of West Cork. The alarm had been raised earlier in the afternoon following a report from a 26ft yacht that they had lost all battery power.... Read More
14 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Travel bible Lonely Planet has named two routes on the island of Ireland – the Wild Atlantic Way and the Causeway Coastal Route – as two of the “world’s ultimate road trips”, in its new publication Epic Drives of the World. Welcoming the news, Niall Gibbons, CEO... Read More
14 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork-based SMEs could win one of three exhibition spaces at Ploughing joining other businesses already confirmed for open eir’s High Speed High Street including Mallow’s ‘Grasstec’. (Open eir is a whole sale reseller of eir fibre) Competition marks open eir’s second year as official communications partner to Ploughing Monday,... Read More
14 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley is urging the people of Cork to come and enjoy the fantastic line-up of events organised for Heritage Week 2017. The week, which is coordinated by the Heritage Council and part of the wider European Heritage Days Programme,... Read More
12 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Government needs to take urgent action to address new figures which reveal at least 1,015 people with disabilities are on social housing waiting lists in Cork, according to one of the country’s largest charities. Rehab, Ireland’s largest independent charity for people with disabilities, says the Government is... Read More
