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7th September, 2017

WEST CORK: Michael Collins welcomes Clonakilty flood relief scheme funding approval

7 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie West Cork Deputy Michael Collins has welcomed the announcement this week that the River Feagle Flood Relief Scheme has been given the go-ahead by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. ‘This is very welcome news for the people of Clonakilty and the surrounding areas,’ Deputy Collins... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS
7th September, 2017

ENVIRONMENT: 13 million tress planted with help from University College Cork students

7 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has celebrated the success in University College Cork of Ecosia, the tree-planting internet search engine. The party is encouraging students starting the new academic year, as well as the general public, to continue to use the service. Ecosia is a search engine that... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, GREEN PARTY, NEWS, POLITICS
7th September, 2017

CORK RNLI STATIONS: To be memorialised by acclaimed photographer

7 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In one of the largest projects of its kind ever undertaken, a photographer from Newcastle upon Tyne is travelling around the UK and Ireland in a converted ambulance photographing RNLI lifeboat volunteers through a Victorian process that captures the stunning images on glass. Already having photographed 88 of... Read More
AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS
7th September, 2017

CORK POLITICS: Dara Murphy becomes EPP Campaign Director for 2019 European elections

7 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD (Fine Gael) has congratulated Cork North Central TD Dara Murphy (Fine Gael) on his appointment as Campaign Director for the European People’s Party (EPP), across the European Union, for the 2019 European Elections. The EPP is the largest party in the European Parliament. Fine... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
7th September, 2017

WEST CORK: Carbery Cheese & Atlantic Sea Salt feature in Keogh’s Farm Crisps new “Crinkle Cut” range

7 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Keogh’s Farm, “maker of Ireland’s finest hand-cooked on the farm crisps”, has added a new range to its potato product portfolio. Ploughed with deep ridges for even more flavour, “Keogh’s Crinkle Cut Crisps” are the first and only Irish owned, grown, cooked and flavoured crinkle cut crisps... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS
7th September, 2017

WEST CORK: Clonakilty Flood Relief Scheme – Government approves funding

7 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Kevin “Boxer” Moran, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief, is pleased to announce receipt of notification that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Paschal Donohoe T.D., has formally confirmed the River Fealge (Clonakilty) Flood Relief... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
6th September, 2017

HOUSING CRISIS: requires policy and delivery – says Cork Sinn Fein TD

6 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD and Justice Spokesperson Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central) has said that the deaths of three homeless people, including a woman in Cork, was “an indictment of the State and of the Housing policies of successive Governments”. “This week, three people who were homeless have... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
6th September, 2017

CORK LITTER: More community involvement needed to fight the problem

6 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The latest survey by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows that Cork people are making progress against litter pollution but we need more community involvement to tackle the problem, said Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard. The latest IBAL survey shows improvements in cleanliness across the... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
6th September, 2017

EAST CORK: Cork fishmonger to compete for BIM National Award – Alan O’Loughlin from Ballycotton Seafoods

6 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie An East Cork based fishmonger has been shortlisted to win a national title recognising excellence in his profession. Alan O’Loughlin from Ballycotton Seafoods in Cork has been named along with seven other finalists hoping to be selected as Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Young Fishmonger 2018. Alan is... Read More
AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
6th September, 2017

FINANCE: Fianna Fail questions Central Bank claim tracker rate restored for 95% of affected mortgages

6 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Banks to appear before Oireachtas Finance Committee in coming weeks Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance, Michael McGrath TD has challenged a claim made by the Central Bank that 95% of the identified mortgage accounts affected by the tracker scandal have now been put on the correct rate. Deputy... Read More
FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS
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