Reduce litter in parks during COVID19, says Green Party in Cork

13 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has backed community calls asking people to be proactive in reducing litter during the COVID19 crisis. Green Party councillor, Oliver Moran, made the call after reports of a rise in casual litter at a number of city parks and beauty spots. Cllr Moran’s... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, GREEN PARTY, NEWS, POLITICS

13th April, 2020

Health issues on water fed machines highlighted

13 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Units idle during pandemic may create risk later on There are potential health risks associated with water-fed equipment that have been left idle during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Euro Refrigeration Limited, who also operate Ice Water, Ireland’s leading provider of premium filtered water. Such systems include ice... Read More

BUSINESS, HEALTH, NEWS

13th April, 2020

Rent-a-Bike Scheme in Cork being allowed to “wither on the vine” – Green Party in Cork

13 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A recent report from the National Transport Agency (NTA) credited an 11% drop in use of the rent-a-bike schemes in Cork to increased bus services in the city. Green Party Councillor for Cork City South West, Colette Finn, said the reason the service has experienced such a drop... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

12th April, 2020

IN NON-COVID NEWS… Senator encourages early applications for School Transport Scheme

12 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork based Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has been in discussions with the Department of Education for a number of years about the need to restructure the entire school transport scheme, from the geographical mapping of the “closest school” policy to the application dates. Senator Lombard said:... Read More

EDUCATION, FINE GAEL, POLITICS

12th April, 2020

RELIGIOUS NEWS: Easter Sunday Sermon from Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Paul Colton

12 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Social distancing means avoiding individuals, it also means avoiding groups. Normal religious services are still taking place, but to empty pews with congregations watching by webcam, while some churches have closed entirely. In Cork City the Chuch of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Paul Colton has... Read More

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12th April, 2020

STABBING IN CORK: Second man arrested in relation to serious assault at Pearse Square, Ballyphehane

12 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Gardaí continue to investigate the stabbing of of a man in his 20s at Pearse Square, Ballyphehane, Cork. The victim received a number of stab wounds around 9.30pm on Tuesday 7th April 2020, and was taken to Cork University Hospital. The incident occurred after an altercation between two... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

12th April, 2020

HEALTH POLITICS: HSE occupational sick pay scheme must immediately be extended to all Section 39 care workers

12 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie HSE occupational sick pay scheme must immediately be extended to all Section 39 care workers – says Cork TD HSE occupational sick pay scheme must immediately be extended to all Section 39 care workers including in nursing homes and residential care settings to help fight to save lives... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

12th April, 2020

Cork still has 2nd highest number of COVID19 cases

12 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 14 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died. · 12 deaths located in the east, 2 in the west of the country · the people included 6 females and 8 males... Read More

HEALTH, NEWS

11th April, 2020

HAPPY NEWS: Gardai deliver Easter Eggs in Ballyphehane and Togher, Cork

11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Easter Egg run by Ballyphehane Togher Community Development Project (BTCDP) and An Garda Siochana (Togher Community Policing)

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

11th April, 2020

CORK CRIME: €79,000 Cannabis, Cocaine, and MDMA Seized in Midleton

11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of a Midleton Drugs Unit operation, surveillance of an 18-year-old man was carried out today, 11/04/2020, in the Ballick area of Midleton, Co Cork. The man was observed retrieving two gear bags from under a tree. Gardaí then searched the man discovering €45,000 worth of Cannabis,... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, NEWS

11th April, 2020

CORK CRIME: Car stolen in Cobh, East Cork

11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí have arrested and charged and male, aged in his mid-20s, in relation to the theft of a car in Cobh, Co Cork on Friday, 10th April 2020. At approximately 10.30pm, the driver of the car, a male aged in his late teens, was parked in a residential... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, NEWS

11th April, 2020

€125,000 of suspected cotaine seized in Fermoy, Co Cork

11 April 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardai have arrested a man and seized €125,000 of suspected cocaine in Fermoy, County Cork. The Gardai’s Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit had been conducting a surveillance operation at a wooded area at Cullenagh, Fermoy, Cork. Gardaí observed a man arrive at the location on Saturday 11th April... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS