POLITICS: Government Senator unhappy that one quarter of HSE staff work in Administration or Management

24 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Spokesperson on Health in the Seanad, Cork North Central, Senator Colm Burke has expressed concern that one in four staff now employed by the HSE occupies an Administration or Managerial role. The total number of Administration/Managerial staff has increased from 15,112 in December 2014 to 17,194... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FINE GAEL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

24th August, 2017

EDUCATION: Cork hosts global international English language trade mission

24 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork has hosted an international English language trade mission from China, Russian, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Mexico, and Croatia in a move designed to help increase the number of students from these countries that study English in Ireland each year. Events took place in Cork City and Kanturk as... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

24th August, 2017

SPORT: Lord Mayor welcomes National Drag Hunt Final to Cork

24 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Lord Mayor, Cllr. Tony Fitzgerald recently meet with the Cork Drag Hunt Committee as they announced the time and venue for the National Drag Hunt Competition. Drag hunting, is a form of equestrian sport, where mounted riders hunt the trail of an artificially laid scent with hounds. The... Read More

FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS, SPORT

23rd August, 2017

HEALTH: Occupational Therapy Assessment Waiting Lists surge almost 50% in two years – Murphy O’Mahony

23 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 29,688 waiting with 6,817 on the list for over a year Figures recently released to Fianna Fáil Disability Spokesperson Margaret Murphy O’Mahony show that almost 30,000 people are waiting for a first assessment for occupational therapy. The figures, up to the end of May 2017, show an increase... Read More

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

23rd August, 2017

ENTERTAINMENT: €500,000 EuroMillions ticket sold in Ballinlough

23 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie EuroMillions players on the Southside of Cork City are today being urged to check their tickets after last night’s EuroMillions draw produced a EuroMillions Plus top prize winner of €500,000. So far this year, Irish players have won an incredible 17 EuroMillions Plus top prizes of €500,000. At... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

23rd August, 2017

SPORT: GAA Exhibition opens in Cork Museum, Fitzgerald Park

23 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie To coincide with this year’s All-Ireland Hurling Championship and the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh, a new temporary exhibition will open tomorrow in the Cork Public Museum, Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork. The exhibition “Hair Hurling Balls: Earliest Artefacts of our National Game” was first exhibited at the National Museum... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS, SPORT

22nd August, 2017

SINN FEIN: Cork housing crisis is “due to FF/FG legacy of failure” says MEP Ní Riada

22 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has said the government “continues to pile failure on upon failure” when it comes to the housing crisis. The Ireland South MEP was speaking in the wake of two reports this week which revealed that rent prices have leapt yet... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

22nd August, 2017

NORTH CORK: Revenue officers seize 18 litres of suspected counterfeit vodka

22 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Yesterday, in an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers in Cork carried out a search under warrant of private premises in “a town in North Cork” which the agency did not name specifically, and seized 18 litres of suspected counterfeit vodka. They were assisted in the operation by local... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

22nd August, 2017

HEALTH: HSE review of autism services open for submissions

22 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie People with autism spectrum disorder, parents and clinicians have been encouraged to make submissions to a HSE review of autism supports and services. Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, said: “I want to ensure that people with ASD in Cork have access to the necessary supports and... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

22nd August, 2017

VIDEO: Mallow native Stefanie Preissner (Can’t cope, won’t cope) is ‘Cork Person of the Month’ for August 2017

22 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie At the age of 29, Mallow native, Stefanie Preissner’s star is in the ascendant as she continues to blaze a trail in her writing career. The latest in a string of accolades is being named ‘Cork Person of the Month’ for August. Already considered one of the... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

22nd August, 2017

IRISH HOUSING CRISIS: Government policy is creating a “disaster” for renters and a “paradise” for landlords – says Cork TD

22 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North Central Solidarity TD Mick Barry this morning said that Government housing policy is creating a “disaster” for renters and a “paradise” for landlords. His comments came in the wake of the new daft.ie report which shows rents to have risen 12% year on year to June... Read More

NEWS, POLITICS, SOCIALIST PARTY

22nd August, 2017

EAST CORK: Topaz opens refurbished Lakeview Service Station, Whitegate, Midleton

22 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, has officially opened its newly redeveloped state-of-the-art service station at Whitegate Road, Midleton, Co Cork. This is one of the closest service stations to Ireland’s only oil refinery at Whitegate. The opening of Topaz Lakeview welcomes 13 new jobs to the... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS