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2 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gardaí now believe that the fire may have been started intentionally Gardaí in Skibbereen and Clonakilty investigating a fire that occurred in a former Convent in Skibbereen, West Cork on Tuesday 29th September 2020 are renewing their appeal for witnesses. Shortly after 4pm, Gardaí were alerted to a...
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30 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard (from Minane Bridge, near Carrigaline, Co Cork) has been elected Vice Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Senator Lombard, who also serves as the Seanad spokesperson on Agriculture, said: “I am delighted to have been elected Vice...
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29 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie As the number of positive Covid-19 cases is increasing at a worrying rate in the Cork area, management at South / South West Hospital Group are appealing to members of the public to continue to follow the Government’s Covid-19 guidelines relating to social distancing and hand hygiene, to...
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29 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Summary: 40 new cases in Cork in the past 24 hours There have now been a total of 1,803 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.As of midnight Monday, 28 September, the HPSC has been notified of 363 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 35,740 confirmed...
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29 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie For the first time ever the public can easily view Cork County Council Planning Permission applications (new and old) online Until now the desktop system needed a specific browser and plugin which had mixed results The old system cost the Council marks on the Transparency International score sheet,...
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29 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The time taken to sell the average house in County Cork has fallen by six weeks in the past quarter, a national property survey has found. The REA (Real Estate Alliance) Average House Price Survey found that the average time taken to sell across the county fell over...
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28 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Positive Ageing in County Cork – Celebrating International Day of Older People and Embracing the Autumn with Confidence September 28th – October 2nd marks International Positive Ageing Week and this year the United Nations has decided that the theme of the International Day of Older People on October...
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26 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Kinsale Gin surpassed expectations at the Bartender Spirits Awards in the USA by taking gold across three categories. Kinsale Gin was awarded Gin Of The Year, Gin Producer Of The Year, and a Double Gold at the international awards. This small-batch, premium Irish Gin has been distilled with...
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24 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Social Democrats TD for Cork South-West, Holly Cairns, has called on the Department of Community and Rural Development and the Islands to extend funding for rural areas and provide specific investment for villages. Speaking in the Dáil last week, Holly said: “The Town and Village Renewal Scheme, which...
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23 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Aldi Ireland has won 52 titles at the 2020 Great Taste Awards, including the highest possible three gold stars award for its Specially Selected West of Ireland Lamb Guard of Honour with Rosemary and Garlic Salt Rub (€22.99/kg), Specially Selected Free Range Irish Whole Goose, winning the title...
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22 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Towns across Cork County develop ideas for their Town’s future Vision Eight towns across Cork County have been developing exciting new visions for their respective towns as part of the My Town, My Plan Community Training Programme. Community representatives from Carrigaline, Cobh, Clonakilty, Kinsale, Midleton, Rosscarbery, Skibbereen and...
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21 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A delegation of farmers led by IFA Animal Health Chairmen, John Kingston, (Cork Central) and Derry Scannell, (West Cork) today highlighted farmer anger towards the recently issued Dept of Agriculture’s TB Herd Risk letters. In protest, the delegation burned the letters outside the Department of Agriculture offices in...
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