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 for Housing Simon... Read More
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 that such applications... Read More
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 that data in... Read More
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 was declared by... Read More
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 had operated in... Read More
22 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Chartered Accountants Ireland is Ireland’s largest, oldest and fastest growing accountancy body with over 24,000 members across the island of Ireland and around the globe. Susan O’Sullivan chair Chartered Accountants Cork with Liam Lynch President Chartered Accountants Ireland and New Members pictured last evening as new members of... Read More
22 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie At 9 o’clock this morning Cork City Lord Mayor Cllr Des Cahill (Fine Gael) opened a Book of Condolence in The Atrium, City Hall in memory of Martin McGuinness RIP (Sinn Fein), Former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister. The Lord Mayor Cllr Des Cahill said: “The President of... Read More
22 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The third of four regional finals in this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards took place in the Limerick Strand Hotel last night where 60 awards were presented to the country’s leading chefs, restaurants and pubs. Over 600 people attended the Munster Regional Final on Tuesday evening where the... Read More
21 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Leeside Shipping, agents for BG Freight Line in Cork, is pleased to announce a new container service between the ports of Cork and Liverpool. This new service is due to commence in week 13. This is the first time these ports have been connected directly, and the new... Read More
21 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Workers’ Party in Cork has condemned the presence of what it referred to as “armed machine-gunners onboard a US warship” docked at Cobh today. Workers’ Party Cork City Councillor Ted Tynan said the presence of the destroyer is a “flagrant breach of Irish neutrality” and the “action-ready... Read More
21 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ford celebrated its 100 year milestone at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Cork City on Friday 17th March. Organised by Cork City Council, the theme of this year’s parade was ‘Cork – A City of Community, Culture and Commerce’. To celebrate the company’s centenary in... Read More