7 December 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The volume of traffic passing through Lakeview Roundabout just south of Midleton on the N25 has increased dramatically over the last decade. Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, David Stanton believes that measures need to be taken to reduce congestion... Read More
7 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A further €151,985 in funding has been secured for Local Improvement Schemes in Cork, confirmed Minister Simon Coveney, Cork South Central TD. A further €7.4 million in funding for Local Authorities under the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) was announced last week by Minister Michael Ring, Minister for Rural... Read More
6 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork tourism operators attend Tourism Ireland launch for 2018 Major push in Mainland Europe and North America to grow tourism revenue to €6 billion in 2018 Tourism Ireland launched details of its marketing plans to promote the island of Ireland overseas in 2018, at an event attended by... Read More
6 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork North Central based Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher TD has said that he simply baffling that the National Children’s Hospital group proceeded to use the name Phoenix Hospital without checking if that name was in use somewhere else. “Did no one stop and ask: should we... Read More
6 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Publication of Exhibition Report on €140 million Flood Relief Scheme for Cork City addresses issues raised during statutory public consultation process. Explanatory Leaflet: lowerleefrs-update-december2017.pdf Today, the Office of Public Works (OPW) and its consultants Arup published the Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme Exhibition Report which responds... Read More
6 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie More than 100 school children from schools across Cork County travelled to the top of County Hall to receive their prizes from Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley at the inaugural Primary Schools Road Safety Short Story competition. The competition – launched earlier in the... Read More
6 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The convention to select a Sinn Féin general election candidate will be held at The Parkway Hotel this Friday 8th at 8pm. All party members and supporters in West Cork are encouraged to attend. A party statement said “At the start of this week, there was just one... Read More
6 December 2017, Wednesday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Denis McSweeney, former Marketing Director at Henry Ford & Son will deliver the next in the Engineers Ireland Winter Lecture Series on Thursday at 7pm and it will take place in the former Ford Factory on Cork’s Centre Park Road. Henry Ford established a company in Ireland... Read More
6 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 3 Northside Primary Schools are taking technology in learning to a new level, with all 3 schools receiving funding for iPads from Gurranabraher Credit Union. These schools had been researching the idea of providing access for students to this technology for some time, however, finding the funding for... Read More
6 December 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Malow based EPS has been shortlisted to receive the Gold accolade at the Deloitte Best Managed Companies (BMC) Awards 2018. The recognition comes after the company, which employs 410 people in Ireland, retained its status as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies for the third consecutive year in... Read More
6 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A new Fine Gael proposal for increased bus services will help tackle rural isolation. That’s according to Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central who says that County Cork is part of Fine Gael’s proposal for a pilot scheme to extend bus services. “The Fine Gael Parliamentary Party... Read More
6 December 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Senator and member of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, Tim Lombard, has welcomed the renewal of Ireland’s derogation under the Nitrates Directive. Senator Lombard said: “The renewal of our Nitrates Derogation is very positive news for Irish farmers, providing us the capacity for achieving targets set out in... Read More