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3rd December, 2015

Cork Triskel concert to raise money for Médecins Sans Frontières

3 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Entertainment Update Médecins Sans Frontières fundraising concert Thursday 10 December 2015 at Triskel Christchurch features a double bill of The Lee Valley String Band and Stargazers. This stellar folk line-up will be compered by Philip King of RTÉs ‘Other Voices’ and RTÉ Radio One’s ‘The South Wind Blows’.... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS
3rd December, 2015

“Sinn Féin’s dodgy maths strike again” says Fine Gael Cork MEP Deirdre Clune

3 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie It is rare to see a Fine Gael elected representative use the word “dodgy”, and ever rarer for Deirdre Clune, but it has happened. Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South Deirdre Clune (who is from Cork) has this evening accused Sinn Féin of using “misleading figures” about arts... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
3rd December, 2015

VIDEO: €7 million upgrade of Clonakilty Wastewater Treatment Plant completed

3 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water, Ireland’s national water utility responsible for providing and developing water and wastewater services throughout Ireland, today officially opened the recently upgraded wastewater treatment plant in Clonakilty. The project, completed in partnership with Cork County Council, primarily upgraded the Clonakilty Wastewater Treatment Plant as well as 13... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS
3rd December, 2015

West Cork Labour TD welcomes opening of upgrade Clonakilty Wastewater Treatment Plant.

3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Local Labour TD Michael McCarthy today welcomed the official opening of the Clonakilty Wastewater Treatment Plant. Irish Water has invested €7 million in the upgrade of Clonakilty Waste Water Treatment plant, as well as a significant package of works upgrading 13 smaller plants in the County. Having... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, LABOUR, NEWS, POLITICS
3rd December, 2015

LED lighting introduced on Cork Islands

3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is changing the Lights on its islands Cork County Council has instructed its Public Lighting Maintenance Contractor, Airtricity, to upgrade the public lighting on the seven inhabited islands within the greater Cork area to Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), which are the most up to date technology in... Read More
AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS
3rd December, 2015

Cork Minister Simon Coveney speaks at Peacekeeping Training Centre in Ghana

3 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Minister for of Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., today (3rd of December 2015) addressed delegates at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra. The Centre which was established in 2003, is a Centre of Excellence for training, education and research in African peace and security... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
3rd December, 2015

Clocked cars are a problem across Europe – says Cork MEP Deirdre Clune

3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mileage fraud is undermining confidence in our second hand car market and consumers need more protection from cars that have been tampered with Speaking at a workshop on the second hand car market in the European Parliament yesterday, Ireland South MEP and member of the EU transport... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
3rd December, 2015

Carrigaline TD wants Government to create a ‘Rainy day fund to cushion any future downturn’

3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Booming corporation tax receipts must be deployed for long term benefit – McGrath Fianna Fáil Finance spokesperson Michael McGrath (based in Carrigaline, Co Cork) has said a long term strategic approach is needed in how the State uses the unexpectedly strong corporation tax receipts received to date... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS
3rd December, 2015

Cork MEP says cuts to arts and heritage funding is ‘a threat to our culture’

3 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has questioned the Irish government’s commitment to Irish Culture and the Arts with the impending cuts laid out by the coalition to the sector. The Ireland South MEP said, “The Arts council is the national agency for funding, developing and promoting the... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
3rd December, 2015

Issue of Cork homelessness raised in the Dail by Cork Sinn Fein TD Jonathan O’Brien

3 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Speaking in the Dáil last vening, Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central Jonathan O’Brien said that the government have a real opportunity to address homelessness in Ireland and are failing to do anything of substance. Deputy O’Brien said: “This Labour and Fine Gael Government, and the previous... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
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