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1st July, 2013

World Social Media Day Cork A Resounding Success

On Sunday the 30th of June, Cork City came alive with tweets and chatter as World Social Media Day Cork burst onto our streets. This FREE event was open to all – young or old. Teams from all over the country registered in advance on the official world social media day site, www.worldsocialmediaday.com Margaret Smith,... Read More
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26th June, 2013

Sinn Fein to hold summer-school in Ballyvourney

Sinn Féin has announced the line-up for its fourth annual summer school in County Cork next Friday and Saturday with controversial and outspoken commentators such as Eamon Dunphy, Guardian columnist Roy Greenslade, journalist Alison O’Connor, GAA star Seán Óg Ó hAilpin, and 2012 Young Person of the Year and disability rights campaigner Joanne O’Riordan taking... Read More
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26th June, 2013

Sport – Heffernan ready to impress home fans

Cork’s Robert Heffernan who finished a magnificent 4th.in the gruelling 50km.Walk at the London Olympics last August is determined to set a new lifeime best time for the 3km. Walk at the 62nd Cork Ciity Sports to be held next Tuesday at the C.I.T.Athletic Stadium in Bishopstown. Irish sports followers marvelled at the tenacious fighting... Read More
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26th June, 2013

Moynihan calls for SNA cuts to also be reversed

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Michael Moynihan, says there will still be cuts to the number of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) in classrooms across Cork come September despite a Government climb-down on the number of resource teaching hours that were to be cut. Deputy Moynihan was speaking during a Fianna Fáil Private Members... Read More
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26th June, 2013

Sugar production could return to Ireland

Fine Gael Cork East TD, Tom Barry, has today said the EU decision to dismantle sugar quotas could herald the return of sugar production to Ireland by 2017. Deputy Barry was speaking after EU negotiators agreed to abolish the system of sugar production quotas from October 2017 as part of wider reforms to the CAP.... Read More
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26th June, 2013

FG TD reacts to Anglo tapes

Fine Gael Cork North Central Deputy and member of the Finance Committee, Dara Murphy, has today (Wednesday) said the strategy being adopted by Fianna Fáil in respect of a banking inquiry aims to distract and deflect from the role that Party played in our economic collapse, as it presided over a system of light-touch regulation... Read More
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25th June, 2013

Golden discs to open in old HMV on Pana

Golden Discs will open the doors to its new flagship store in the iconic 5,000 square foot building on Patrick Street (in the Old HMV shop) The new branch, which will be the biggest of the 15 Golden Discs stores in Ireland, has created 18 full time jobs. Managing Director Stephen Fitzgerald said today “Our... Read More
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19th June, 2013

Drugs found in in South County Cork

Two men have been arrested and a quantity of cannabis seized following a Garda operation in Cork this afternoon 19th June 2013. Gardaí stopped a car close to an area known as Halfway, Ballinhassig, which is about 8km outside Cork city. When the car was searched Gardaí recovered 25kg of cannabis resin with an estimated... Read More
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18th June, 2013

Cork Govt Senator angry with HSE

By Bryan T. Smyth A Cork Fine Gael Senator says the HSE is “guilty of recklessly undermining the capacity of the Irish hospital system” Colm Burke is the party’s spokesman on Health in the Seanad and he’s referring to how the HSE gives Irish trained Junior Doctors only 6 month contracts. That is pushing many... Read More
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18th June, 2013

AUDIO: Final Mayor of Cobh elected – Local Govt reform is abolishing Town Councils

18 June 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Town Council’s across County Cork and the rest of the Country are electing their final Mayor’s this month. It’s because under local government reform Minister Phil Hogan will abolish all of Ireland’s 82 town councils next Summer. Town Council’s are the lowest rung of democracy, and there... Read More
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