10 July 2020, 8pm By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI were called out to a medical evacuation earlier this evening from East Skeam Island off the coast of Baltimore, West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 5.25pm, following a request from the Irish Coast Guard to provide medical assistance and evacuation... Read More
9 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council Library & Arts Service is proud to present two new Virtual Writing Collectives, developed to support networking, creative exchange and collaboration among writers across Cork County. The project is led and facilitated by Cork County Writer In Residence Matthew Geden. Beginning on July 29th and... Read More
9 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Eoin McCuirc , Chair of Cork Simon Community and Siobhán O’Dowd, Co-ordinator of Ballyphehane Togher CDP have been Cork City’s Community Champions during Covid 19, a national programme co-ordinated by Irish Rural Link and The Wheel. They were part of the Government’s Community Call and Cork City Council’s... Read More
9 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Emerald project would be located 35km from the coast of Ireland An Irish developer of sustainable marine projects is taking the first steps in establishing a floating offshore wind farm that will start to harness the enormous wind potential of the Celtic Sea. The proposed development, which... Read More
8 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie https://twitter.com/righttobikeit/status/1281307105182527492 Following yet another number of days where cyclists highlighted their near misses with traffic in Cork city and suburbs, via videos on social media (example above), Labour’s Local Area Representative Peter Horgan has called for the immediate rollout of signage that details the minimum passing distance. Mr... Read More
8 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Speaking on the Labour Party motion on rent and mortgage debt, Cork East TD Seán Sherlock called for an enlightenment period in regard to public housing construction under the new Government, Said Deputy Sherlock: “We are now in what I call a dark age in terms of public... Read More
8 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has recently allocated over €1.6million in funding to a range of community, voluntary and sporting organisations through the Council’s annual Community Fund Scheme. Each year, the scheme contributes financial support to hundreds of community and voluntary organisations around the County. Administered by the Council’s 8... Read More
8 July 2020By Tom Collinstom@TheCork.ie ‘Carrigaline Pottery’ used to be famous, but in the 1970s the company suffered from financial difficulties going first into receivership, and then closing in 1979, in more recent years the famous Shanagarry based pottery expert Stephen Pearce had a presence in the former factory but that too closed. Today, the... Read More
7 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Jerry Buttimer, has been elected Leas-Chathaoirleach of the 26th Seanad today (Tuesday). Speaking after the Seanad sitting Senator Buttimer said, “I am honoured to have been elected Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann by my peers today. “I pledge to ensure fair and effective management... Read More
7 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh has officially reopened the Old Cork Waterworks Experience on the Lee Road. Recently renovated and developed by Cork City Council as a tourist attraction, the Old Cork Waterworks is the best-preserved Victorian water-pumping station in Ireland. The largest flywheel here... Read More
7 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork recently lost its Agriculture Minister, as in the new Government Macroom’s Michael Creed (FG) moved to the back benches, but Cork still has an Agri influencer because Labour TD for Cork East Sean Sherlock has been appointed as his parties spokesperson on Social Protection, Rural and Community... Read More
7 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has urged the Government to listen to workable solutions from the opposition, that can see tens of thousands of affordable homes built. The Cork South Central Deputy was speaking during a Dáil debate on a Sinn Féin motion tonight. “People have spent... Read More