Workers Party and Labour members in Cork SUPPORT Bus Eireann strike

top of page 24 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork’s only Workers Party policitian – Cork City Cllr. Ted Tynan – has called for “massive support” for striking Bus Éireann workers “The Workers Party has expressed its solidarity with Bus Eireann Workers who are now on strike following the decision of company management to... Read More

LABOUR, NEWS, POLITICS, WORKERS PARTY

24th March, 2017

Kinsale Age Friendly Town hold open morning

top of page 24 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Kinsale Age Friendly group will holding a free open morning in the Temperance Hall, Kinsale, Co Cork this Saturday 25th March from 10am – 12.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and find out what Kinsale Age Friendly is doing for older people in... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

23rd March, 2017

UK Company, Wavepower Technologies, opens new office at The Entrepreneur Ship (MaREI) Cork

top of page 23 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Minister for Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government Simon Coveney, T.D. today announced that Wavepower Technologies Ltd., the leading UK wave energy technology company, will establish research and development operations at The Entrepreneur Ship, which is based at the MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable... Read More

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

23rd March, 2017

Fyffes seeks Cork graduates – jobs like these don’t grow on trees

top of page 23 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tropical fruit importer Fyffes is calling on Cork graduates interested pursuing a career in agriculture, horticulture, agribusiness, agri-technology, engineering or forestry to visit their stand at the forthcoming Agri Careers Fair being held at the RDS on March 30th. Currently, the company is seeking... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

23rd March, 2017

Cork Senator wants to see MOVEMENT on Ballinspittle School redevelopment – current progress is like a STATUE

top of page 23 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork based Senator, Tim Lombard (Fine Gael), has expressed great concern over the lack of progress regarding the redevelopment of Ballinspittle National School. “Ballinspittle National School has seen significant growth and development in recent years, as has the village and local area. Consequently the school... Read More

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

23rd March, 2017

enet provides Cork schools with superfast broadband connectivity

top of page 23 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Broadband provier ‘enet’ has announced a new contract to supply superfast broadband network connectivity to numerous schools in County Cork through the 100Mbs for Schools project run by the national educational and research network HEAnet on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. Over... Read More

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

23rd March, 2017

Irish Haemochromatosis Association to hold public information meeting in Cork

top of page 23 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie An information meeting will take place in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Douglas, Cork on Thursday March 30th 2017 at 7.30pm. This meeting provides an opportunity to meet an expert on the subject and to share information with other people. Speaker Dr Orla Crosbie, F.R.C.P.I.,... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

22nd March, 2017

Cork needs more social housing, and the government are not moving fast enough – says Fianna Fail’s Michael Moynihan TD

top of page 22 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Just 173 social housing units begun construction since Jan 2015 Late in 2016 the Housing Minister Simon Coveney announced ambitious plans to build social housing across Ireland, including in Cork City and County Cork. However, today, Cork North West TD, Michael Moynihan has criticised Minister... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

22nd March, 2017

Government Department stops accepting paper forms – but many rural farming customers do not have broadband – says Cork MEP

top of page 22 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Liadh na Riada MEPSinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has urged the Department of Agriculture to continue to accept paper applications for CAP payments such as TAMS, SFP and BPS as well as online ones. The Ireland South MEP made the request after it emerged... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

22nd March, 2017

Green Party demand “clear and credible explanation” from Indaver and An Bord Pleanála over latest Cork incinerator decision

top of page 22 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork today expressed concern at an offer by An Bord Pleanála to allow Indaver Ireland to correct health and environmental data presented in its application for an incinerator at Ringaskiddy. Evidence presented on the final day of the oral hearing showed... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

22nd March, 2017

Clonakilty ‘Irish Aid’ worker wades through snake infested swamps to support civilians fleeing South Sudan war

top of page 22 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An Irish aid worker has revealed how petrified civilians are hiding in snake-infested swamps to avoid getting killed by militia in war-ravaged South Sudan. Nellie Kingston, who works with Concern Worldwide, has been responding to the crisis in the East African nation ever since famine... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

22nd March, 2017

East Cork TD says ‘Truth of Mother and Baby Home crimes must come out’

top of page 22 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork East Pat Buckley has called on the Government to support a Sinn Féin motion to establish a Truth Commission to investigate conditions at Mother and Baby Homes across the state following the revelations of mass graves at a home which... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN