PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS visit Cork City today

3 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A special meeting of Cork City Council will take place this evening where potential Presidential candidates can make presentations to councillors in a bid to seek the nomination of Cork City Council. The Special Meeting will take place at 7pm. This follows Cork City Council being contacted by... Read More

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2nd September, 2018

KBC to host Home Event in Cork for prospective house hunters and buyers

2 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie KBC Bank Ireland will host a dedicated Home Series event in Cork on Saturday the 8th of September for prospective house hunters and buyers. The second KBC Home Series, designed with house buyers in mind, will feature extended opening hours on the day from 10.00am until 5.00pm, expert... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS

1st September, 2018

HELATH POLITICS: West Cork patients losing out on illness benefit as Govt tries to impose new system on GPs

1 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has urged the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to engage with GPs over the introduction of new Illness Benefit forms. Doctors in West Cork are continuing to fill out the old MC1 and MC2 forms, which... Read More

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

1st September, 2018

Halfway to a sewage-free Cork Lower Harbour

1 September 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water is halfway to its goal of a sewage-free Cork Lower Harbour, creating big opportunities for social, economic and amenity development in the area. When the Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project started in 2015, the equivalent of 40,000 wheelie bins of raw sewage was discharged into... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

31st August, 2018

NEWS IN PHOTOS: Sebastian Barry Laureate for Irish Fiction at Cork City Library

31 August 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

30th August, 2018

Support The Mercy Hospital Foundation’s Annual Raffle and help change the lives of the ICU patients in Cork

31 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Over the coming weeks, staff at the Mercy Hospital Foundation will contact hundreds of households across Cork City and County asking them to support the charity’s Annual Raffle, which this year will help change the lives of the most critically ill patients in Cork, many of whom have... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

29th August, 2018

VIDEO: RedFM DJ features in Cork City Council advert

29 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New Video promoting Cork City Centre in Cinemas now A new one minute video promoting Cork city Centre, produced by RedFM DJ Stevie G, is now showing in cinemas across the city and county. The video will be seen by up to 270,000 people over the next two... Read More

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28th August, 2018

Cork Senator promotes Electric Cars

28 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The new Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action will consider ways in which the Government can further support the transition to electric vehicles, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Seanad spokesperson on Climate Action, Senator Lombard, said: “We all know the cost of running a car to our pockets... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

27th August, 2018

Cork’s Star Baker to meet Mary Berry at National Ploughing Championships

27 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The National Dairy Council is delighted to announce the three finalists of the Dare to Dairy with Mary competition. The three lucky finalists will bring their winning cakes to the Ploughing Championships on Wednesday 19th September and meet the Queen of Cakes herself Mary Berry. The NDC received... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

26th August, 2018

€4.25 million allocated for the introduction of a Fodder Import Support measure

26 August 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator and member of the joint Oireachtas Agriculture committee, Tim Lombard, has confirmed that over €4 million has been allocated to a new Fodder Import Support measure. Senator Lombard said: “‘In light of the recent severe drought conditions and their impact on an already difficult fodder... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FARMING, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

25th August, 2018

Cork County Council buys new vehicles to ensure good winter road service

25 August 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie County of Cork have confirmed an additional sum of €620,000 will be invested in its ‘winter maintenance fleet’. This will assist in responding to severe weather events such as flooding, storms, snow and ice. The Counils fleet came under pressure last winter during both Storm Ophelia (High winds) and Storm... Read More

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25th August, 2018

FARMING: Temporary flexibilities to GLAS scheme in response to fodder issues

25 August 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork based Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., has welcomed the signal from the European Commission on their agreement to some proposed adjustments to the GLAS scheme for this year in response to the current fodder shortages. This proposal will now have to... Read More

FARMING, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS