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Category / AREA: WEST CORK
1 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie While many have been missing family over the past year and a half, one West Cork woman was thinking outside the box and created a unique, heartfelt new product to keep families connected and keep loved ones close. Maura O’Connell, originally from Fermoy, has lived in West Cork...
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1 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie “At every step, and every stage, women and pregnant people have been ignored” says Holly Cairns. She is asking that the Government must immediately publish a roadmap for the reopening of maternity services, according to Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns. “I welcome the publication of the reopening plan for...
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31 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Lone sailor rescued after his boat suffers engine failure and sail blow out off Old Head of Kinsale The Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out this afternoon Tuesday at 2pm, to go to the aid of a 30-foot Yacht with a lone sailor on board...
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29 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Jellyfish Surf Shop in Clonakilty, West Cork, is one of Ireland’s leading surf and swim specialist shops. Since first opening in Summer 2003, this business has recovered from recessionary times, flooding, lengthy street closures and disruptive weather events but the forced closures due to the covid pandemic has...
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28 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie What is a Peace Commissioner? In other countries, it’s called a Justice of the Peace, but in Ireland – following independence in the 1920s – it was renamed as Peace Commissioner. It is one of a variety of names for a person who is authorised to sign legal...
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28 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “Development of one-off housing will continue in Cork to revitalise our communities” Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard (who farms near Tracton, Carrigaline, Co Cork) has said there are no plans to ban the development of one-off housing. Senator Lombard has been a Cork County Cllr, which included one...
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28 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘Myross Wood House’ was a Seminary, then a Retreat House run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) Order from 1946 (watch an hour long video here) but closed its doors on 17 August 2020. It is situated in the village of Leap in West Cork just...
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27 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has been allocated €320,000 to support the upgrade and enhancement of shopfront and street facades in 6 county towns through the Streetscape Enhancement Scheme. Bandon, Castletownbere, Charleville, Fermoy, Macroom and Passage West are set to receive support through the scheme, funded by the Department of...
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26 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Residents across Cork are being offered the chance to have their voice heard and contribute to national policymaking through Fine Gael’s new Better Ireland initiative. Senator Tim Lombard said: “Cork residents have the opportunity to contribute their ideas on how we can make Ireland a better place for...
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24 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Yvonne Cahalane, a social campaigner from Dunmanway, has reached the national finals of the Network Ireland Businesswoman of the Year Awards. Yvonne was crowned the winner of the Power Within Category at the Network Ireland West Cork branch awards, held in late June, and will now represent West...
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22 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Shining bright, how a business owner navigated the return to employment and kept her side hustle The global impact of the pandemic on the workplace has been immense but consider the small business owners who are voluntarily returning to the workplace as employees while also keeping their businesses...
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21 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie LÉ William Butler Yeats (P63) Detains a French Registered Fishing Vessel The Naval Service VesselLÉ William Butler Yeats has detained a French registered Fishing Vessel approximately 110 Nautical Miles South of Mizen Head. The detention was in relation to alleged breaches of fishing regulations. The vessel will be...
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