Designing your garden will be a dream in this €1.5m architect designed house

1 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Where: T12 H9WT, in a private estate of architect-designed homes, next to Maryborough Hotel, Douglas, Cork Property Description Savills proudly presents 15 Maryborough Orchard, a handsome architect designed five bedroom family home in pristine decorative order throughout. Situated on a landscaped approx. 0.3 acre corner site which is... Read More

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1st May, 2020

Why use a VPN?

1 May 2020 By Roger L Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie When GDPR laws came into effect in May 2018, many web users in the EU found themselves suddenly unable to access some US based websites. The problem was an intended consequence of punitive EU laws, which required that any website accessible by EU citizens meet privacy criteria.... Read More

NEWS

30th April, 2020

WEST CORK CRIME: 300 prescription tablets seized in Skibbereen

30 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Gardaí have seized 300 prescription tablets, believed to have been bought illegally online This morning, April 30, members attached to the Cork West Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by Skibbereen Gardaí, stopped and searched a man and a woman in Skibbereen. As a result, Gardaí seized €900 of prescription... Read More

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30th April, 2020

Cork City Council’s response to COVID19 favours cars, and thus goes against WHO guidelines – according to Greens

30 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There’s no such thing as ‘temporary arrangements’ – Green Party worried about de-pedestrianisation of Oliver Plunkett Street The Green Party in Cork has said that the city’s response to COVID19 can see a retreat to the car or the development of a safe and reassuring environment for businesses... Read More

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30th April, 2020

Illegal dumpers will be prosecuted by City Council or County Council

30 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie City and county councils record as increase in reports of illegal dumping since the introduction of Covid-19 related restrictions. We recently reported on Illegal dumping in County Cork, now all of Ireland’s 31 Council’s have joined forces to highlight the consequences for scofflaws. People who are found to... Read More

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30th April, 2020

Future historians will want to know what life was like during COVID19

30 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Library & Arts Service is on a mission to document the lived experiences of people across County Cork during this global COVID 19 pandemic, through a ‘Collection of local stories from Covid-19 for Future Generations’. The Council’s Library Service is gathering stories, photos, posters, health... Read More

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30th April, 2020

Airlines and Government need to “play fair” with airline passengers – says MEP

30 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “European airlines need to stop messing their customers about and start paying out refunds when requested by their passengers,” said Cork based Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher. The Renew Europe MEP was commenting following a public outcry on the manner in which airlines are treating their customers and... Read More

FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

30th April, 2020

Some surgeries and treatments postponed indefinitely due to COVID19

30 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Some surgeries and treatments postponed indefinitely Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Padraig O’Sullivan has called on the government to work to find solutions so that non-COVID patients can access essential treatments. At the outset of the restrictions, the majority of outpatient appointments and elective surgeries were... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

30th April, 2020

How to get unlimited data from your mobile of landline broadband provider during COVID19

30 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has confirmed that all major telecoms providers have committed to several measures to help people stay in touch and work from home during Covid-19. Senator Lombard stated that “at this time more people are relying on online services to stay connected with... Read More

FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

30th April, 2020

Debenhams Ireland “must not use COVID crisis to abandon workers” says Cork TD

30 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Padraig O’Sullivan has written to the Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation as well as the receiver appointed to Debenhams Irish stores to see what entitlements workers are due following the closure of the company’s branches in Cork and across the... Read More

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30th April, 2020

New service tells citizens where nearest Civic Amenity site is, along with Library and Council information

30 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has added a new feature to their existing online customer service portal YourCouncil.ie. This latest facility, ‘Your Local Services’, gives Cork County citizens a comprehensive list of locally available Council services and contact details, including information on the nearest civic amenity site, fire station, local... Read More

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30th April, 2020

Aldi supports Irish flower supplier ‘Little Bridge Flowers’ of #Doneraile, Co Cork

30 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Aldi supports Irish flower supplier – Little Bridge Flowers – Doneraile, Co. Cork Irish Grown Spring Bedding €3.99/20 pack, plus blooming fantastic Irish garden plants, on sale 30th April! Many Irish flower suppliers across the country are feeling the pinch with DIY and garden centres temporarily closed, but... Read More

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