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

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

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

11th April, 2020

COVID19 is changing Planning Permission

11 April 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Government actions being taken via the planning laws will support businesses, the public health response, and the planning system itself for the period of the Covid-19 crisis. This package of measures will enable temporary health facilities, removes the requirement for planning to change from a restaurant to a... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

11th April, 2020

County Council delivering books to housebound library members

11 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Library Service has begun delivering books directly to the doorsteps of some of it’s vulnerable members who are isolating during COVID-19. From Kilworth to Kilcrohane and everywhere in between, those who ordinarily enjoy regular visits to their local library can still count on having something... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH

10th April, 2020

CORK: Hail, rain, or shine please #StayIndoors to stop the spread of #COVID19

10 April 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Easter Bank Holiday Appeal from the HSE’s South / South West Hospital Group With temperatures set to increase this Easter Bank Holiday weekend, management at the HSE’s South / South West Hospital Group are appealing to members of the public to continue to follow the Government’s COVID-19 guidelines... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS