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22 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie To boost conservation efforts, anglers who wish to catch and keep wild salmon from the Lower River Lee in Cork this year, are being advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland that ‘brown tag’ regulations are coming into force from Tuesday, February 1st 2022. The measures are included in the...
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21 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A Cork County Council initiative is hoping to see thousands of plastic bottles removed from schools each week. Contactless water refill stations will be installed at 15 schools as part of efforts to reduce single-use plastic waste, allowing students and teachers to fill their reusable bottles with filtered...
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19 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Renowned Irish writer/director Aisling Walsh has been announced as a special guest at this year’s Fastnet Film Festival, which will run in Schull from Wednesday the 25th to Sunday the 29th of May. Aisling’s film credits include the award-winning ‘Song for A Raggy Boy’, ‘Maudie’ and TV drama...
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17 January 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Anam Cara will begin their support services in 2022 with a face to face group meeting in West Cork. The national organisation will hold their first meeting in West Cork on the 18th January and would like to extend a warm welcome to any bereaved parent in the...
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14 January 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Aldi to recruit 600 new store staff nationwide in 2022 Aldi today announced it is creating up to 151 new jobs in County Cork in 2022. This follows the announcement that Aldi is seeking to recruit and train 600 new store employees throughout 2022, to support its ongoing...
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14 January 2022 By Tony Forde tony@TheCork.ie Deputy Michael Collins (Cork South West – Indepenent) and his colleagues in the Rural Independent Group call for emergency Pig farmers Hardship Support Scheme The “spiralling income crisis in the pig sector has been allowed to reach a catastrophic crisis point”, with the Minister for Agriculture “completely burying...
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14 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water, in partnership with Cork County Council, is replacing 3.2km of problematic watermains in Darrara, Clonakilty to improve water quality and provide a more reliable water supply to the local community. The upgrade involves the replacement of problematic watermains with new modern pipes. The programme to replace...
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11 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Personal transport supports for people with disabilities are now virtually non-existent, according to West Cork based Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns Deputy Cairns, a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters, said: “Today it was reported that the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal resigned en masse....
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11 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie West Cork TD Michael Collins and his colleagues in The Rural Independent Group have said that the pandemic-related disruptions to cancer diagnoses and treatments are having a profound impact on patients and their families. The Group is calling for an immediate and decisive government intervention. Speaking from his...
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6 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A project which Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage initiated several years ago has, at last, come to fruition with the publication of, “Clonakilty Town Council a History 1613 – 2014’, which is now on sale locally. This project originated in the Town Council chamber before the council was abolished in...
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5 January 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Bus Éireann is reminding customers to take some time to plan their journeys and to please check the Bus Eireann website where a list of service disruptions is available, and their Twitter feed. Yesterday Bus Éireann experienced minor disruption as a result of Covid-related absences across its 17...
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1 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage’s third volume of the popular “Clonakilty Historical and Archaeological Journal” is now available at local outlets costing €10. It contains 12 excellent articles examining different aspects of local history and built heritage, focusing on the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, as well as many interesting photos...
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