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14th January, 2012

Cork bridges to undergo repair works

Cork South Central TD Jerry Buttimer has welcomed €100 million worth of funding which will be provided for the funding of new, small scale, road safety and upgrading projects. Deputy Buttimer said “despite reduced resources the Minister he is targeting available resources to deliver much needed upgrading works. In Cork these works will include renewal... Read More
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12th January, 2012

Cork welcomes more Cruise ships

The Port of Cork will welcome more cruise ships this year than in 2011. 60 cruise ships are scheduled to visit in 2012, which is an increase from 53, and the vessels will bring over 100,000 passengers and crew. The average passenger will spend from 75 to 100 euro on land, after the ships dock... Read More
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12th January, 2012

Waste Batteries Wanted from Cork

January is about to get a whole lot brighter, thanks to your old waste batteries! WEEE Ireland (the Irish compliance scheme for battery and waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling) has been collecting and recycling batteries throughout Cork as part of the Spread a Little Sunshine campaign for LauraLynn House at the Children’s Sunshine Home.... Read More
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12th January, 2012

Cork Craftmakers seek to increase exports

Craftspeople and designers from Cork are hoping to make a big impression on international buyers at this month’s Showcase event in the RDS. Nine craft companies from Cork are being supported by their local Enterprise Board in the “Enterprise Zone” of the RDS, to help them secure sales and export orders for 2012 and 2013.... Read More
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9th January, 2012

County Cork get new Deputy Mayor

Councillor Declan Hurley, from Dunmanway has been elected as the Deputy”Mayor of County Cork, for the coming 6 months. He replaces Cllr Noel Collins, under an agreement to share the position during the year. During today’s County Council meeting there were calls from Fianna Fail’s Alan Coleman and Aindreas Moynihan to leave the position vacant,... Read More
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9th January, 2012

Cork-Limerick road needs bypasses says Council

The decision by the Government to cancel the Cork-Limerick Motorway has been criticised by Councillors again. The “M20” would have cut travel time between the two cities by half an hour but the Minister for Transport confirmed in November that the project, along with others in Dublin, was being scrapped as his Department was was... Read More
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4th January, 2012

Free Clinics to end

Free monthly Blood Pressure and Cholesterol clinics which had been provided by the Irish Heart Foundation in Cork for the past 20 years will stop in 2012. The Foundation says it’s due to a shortage of funding. Thousands of people in the City Centre, Midleton, Carrigaline, Ballinlough, and Farranree had availailed of the free services.... Read More
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2nd January, 2012

Cobh prepares for Titanic commenerations

The town of Cobh is looking forward to 12 months of increased tourism. New Years Day, marked the Beginning of Titanic 100, a year of events,  centred around April when it will be a century exactly since the ill fated ship left off Roche’s Point and headed to the Atlantic. Yesterday there was a gun... Read More
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2nd January, 2012

Vita Cortex protest

Over 550 people have turned up to show their solidarity with workers at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork. 32 former staff members have been staging a sit in protest at the Kinsale Road factory since mid-December when they were let go and heard they would NOT receive their full redundancy payments. Vita Cortex claims... Read More
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2nd January, 2012

Cork Bingo Hall visited by Gardai again

2 January 2012 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A legal saga surrounding a new Bingo Hall in Cork continued last night (Sunday, 1st January 2012) Gardai again seized books from Rock Bingo which is located in the former Water’s Glass building at Deanrock, Togher. At 7pm the game organisers opened their doors for the New Year,... Read More
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