27 March 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie After a bereavement you may need financial support. The Department of Social Protection (DSP) provides certain once-off payments to help out families during this difficult time. Your local Community Welfare Officer deals with some of these payments. A person must have made a certain number of PRSI contributions to be eligible... Read More
26 March 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Lidl Ireland has recently re-opened the doors to its improved new Cornmarket Street store following a ten-week closure to facilitate major refurbishment works, transforming the busy city centre store and serving up a premium shopping experience for customers. With feature walls and high ceilings, wider aisles, two Deposit... Read More
26 March 2025 By Cameron Murphy news@TheCork.ie Entertainment Ireland’s gambling laws and regulations have undergone a significant transformation in recent years after decades of stagnation. As the gambling industry moved with the times and technology saw the explosion of online casinos, the country’s lawmakers struggled to keep up with this new world of opportunities for... Read More
25 March 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie What is domestic abuse? If a partner or an ex makes you feel scared, controlled or intimidated, you may be experiencing domestic abuse. There are many different forms of abuse. It can be physical or it can be emotional, and it may have impacts that can or cannot... Read More
25 March 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What: 7LÁ – TG4 & TG4.ie When: Tonight at 20:00 Tonight, on current affairs programme 7 LÁ on TG4, new figures obtained from the Department of Education under the Freedom of Information Act, show that 13,540 unqualified individuals were employed to teach in Irish schools in 2024. 98% of... Read More
24 March 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Price: €49 Author: MTU Lecturer Dr Tom Spalding Publisher: Cork University Press Pages: 388 Hardcover ISBN: 9781782050193 Whilst the military history of Cork city has been exhaustively studied, the physical development has largely been ignored. Designed for Life: Architecture and Design in Cork City, 1900–90 is the first... Read More
23 March 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie What is an Irish passport card? The Irish passport card is a travel document that Irish citizens can use for certain travel instead of the standard passport book. It is similar in size to a credit card and it has a SealCrypt strip. You can only get a... Read More
23 March 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Opinion: Insurance companies like electronic communication because it saves on printing and postage costs, but is there a catch? In the olden days my annual car insurance renewal letter would arrive by post. The envelope would contain everything from the euro figure being requested to the terms and... Read More
22 March 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The commercial vacancy rate in Cork was 12.4% in December 2024, which – if one looks for a postive – was lower than the national average of 14.5% Of the urban areas in Cork surveyed, Cobh had the highest commercial vacancy rate (19.1%), while Carrigaline had the lowest... Read More
22 March 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Uisce Eireann continues to progress a major upgrade to the Macroom Wastewater Treatment Plant to protect the environment and support the long-term sustainable growth and development of Macroom. The project which involves the decommissioning of the existing plant and its associated structures as well as the construction... Read More
22 March 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie How to report a faulty street light in Cork City? Visit https://deadsureapp.com/Inventory.aspx?map=ccNEs7ZILs7jc6aWi491wMrh+ekHvD+Q3rwEdFNrxbVxsgGdPjhKrPqh/EX6YQbK
22 March 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Willie & Avril Allshire of Rosscarbery, Co. Cork shortlisted for prestigious award Willie & Avril Allshire in County Cork have been shortlisted in the RDS Forestry Awards which recognise and reward farmers and woodland owners that have adopted Climate-Smart Agricultural practices on their properties. These practices include sound... Read More