23 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie I don’t know about you, but I have never visited a Motor Tax Office. I renew my car tax at www.MotorTax.ie Still, there are plenty of people who – for one reason of another – prefer to take time from their day, and travel (during office hours) to... Read More
23 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The new post is the third of its kind in nurse-led heart failure in Ireland Mallow General Hospital (MGH), which is part of the South/South West Hospital Group has confirmed the registration of Mairead Lehane as the hospital’s first Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP). Mairead, who has been working... Read More
23 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has welcomed funding for deep retrofit of public housing and buildings in the city and county. Up to 200 local authority and housing association homes in Cork (out of 630 nationally) are to receive funding for deep retrofits of energy-saving technologies. €28 million... Read More
23 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Irish Ladybird Research Project calls on the public to help log records Fota Wildlife Park along with the Irish Research Council co-fund the Irish Ladybird Research Project and the project scholar, Gill Weyman, is based at Fota Wildlife Park and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences... Read More
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... Read More
22 September 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Bundledocs -“the Irish cloud-first document bundling software provider” – has secured €600,000 in funding from Enterprise Ireland and private investors. The funding will be used by Bundledocs to accelerate growth globally through investment in product development and sales and marketing. Headquartered at Westpoint Business Campus, Link Road, Ballincollig,... Read More
22 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has now been a total of 1,792 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday, 21 September, the HPSC has been notified of 334 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a... Read More
22 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley, Mayor of the County Of Cork, launched ‘Recollections’, a nostalgic glimpse into Youghal’s past, at the Regal Cinema in her hometown of Youghal on Culture Night, Friday the 18th of September. The historical film produced by local historian Michael Hussey is a film compilation... Read More
22 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Project ACT has recently overseen the addition of new outdoor canopies in Macroom and Millstreet, encouraging locals and visitors to take time to enjoy all that the towns have to offer. Two new street canopies have been installed in Millstreet, one located in the town... Read More
22 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East TD Seán Sherlock has called on the Minister for Health to act on a previous Budget promise that he facilitated and commence higher thresholds for medical card applications for the over 70s. The Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020, enacted... Read More
21 September 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new 1920 centenary exhibition, which tells the story of Cork’s two patriot Lord Mayors, opened to the public this morning at the museum in Fitzgeralds Park. “Suffering the Most – The Life and Times of Tomás Mac Curtain (whose name is written with a space between the... Read More
21 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley has paid a visit to Midleton, as a range of new Project ACT measures are rolled out in the town centre, in a collaborative local effort, supported and funded by Cork County Council, the National Roads Authority and... Read More