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€194m city investmentThursday, 16 June 2011Cork City Council has committed to spending almost €194m on works in the city over the next three years.
Among the works to be completed are the long awaited repair of the Quay Walls near the... Anger managementThursday, 16 June 2011Monday night’s meeting of Cork City Council descended into a farce after councillors disrupted the meeting, confronted each other and shouted obscenities.
In what long-standing Cllr John Kelleher (Labour) described as the worst he had seen... Mixed reactionThursday, 16 June 2011A group representing the pharmaceuticals sector in Ireland expressed disappointment at this week’s decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission to Indaver Ireland for a waste incinerator in Cork Harbour.
However, local interest... Eight weeks before TB screening resultsThursday, 16 June 2011Full results of the TB screening process at Mercy University Hospital (MUH) will not be known for eight weeks.
A staff member at the hospital was diagnosed with TB on 26 May. 137 patients and 37 staff... New scenarioThursday, 16 June 2011Cork’s Church of Ireland bishop has called on the church to explore how it will support couples that have recently had a civil partnership in light of recent changes to legislation.
Bishop Paul Colton of the... Weight loss queen gains a sparkling stoneThursday, 16 June 2011A Glanmire woman who completed a weight loss programme this week might have lost over 20lbs, but managed to gain another stone on Friday evening – the sparkling diamond on her engagement ring.
Lorraine Healy is... Ground the hanging garden to save moneyThursday, 16 June 2011The now infamous hanging garden should be mounted on a platform, which would save the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of Euro.
That is the suggestion of Fine Gael city councillor, Des Cahill as Diarmuid Gavin’s masterpiece... Jobs boost welcomed in CorkThursday, 16 June 2011News that Aruba Networks is establishing in Cork its International Headquarters and Shared Services Centre for all regions outside the Americas, is being widely welcomed.
The centre is expected to create up to 40 jobs over... Foodies look forward to Cork festivalThursday, 16 June 2011Preparations are well underway for TasteFest, the upcoming festival of food, drink and culture, which takes place over four days in the beautiful surrounds of Fitzgerald Park, Cork from 23 to 26 June.
The Live Chef’s... Go westThursday, 16 June 2011West Cork is the place to be at the end of July.
The Clonakilty Waterfront Festival returns for the second year due to the success of last year's event. The idea of the festival has grown... |
A Council meeting to rememberThursday, 16 June 2011It's very rare that I lose any sleep about missing a City Council meeting. I've written here in the past about the fact that they are hardly what you would ever describe as 'fun'. Usually,... AidaThursday, 16 June 2011“Never knew the chick” as Keith Richards said when he was asked to comment on the death of Diana. I never knew Aida either but I heard a bunch of Italians singing about her in... The late Brian LenihanThursday, 16 June 2011Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter because I want to pay tribute to the late Brian Lenihan whom I was privileged enough to meet last August, at Béal na Bláth for the Michael Collins commemorations.
Newshound - 09th June 2011Thursday, 09 June 2011For a leader to show emotion is a brave step. The Irish are a patriotic and emotional nation, yet paradoxically we never expect those who lead our country to let their mask slip, except in... Superb!Thursday, 09 June 2011I am so proud of the people of Cork. Around 17,000 of them, over the course of the day on Sunday, celebrated the great normality of madness, by embracing difference and thereby stopping loneliness.
Superb sunshine... Newshound - 02nd June 2011Thursday, 02 June 2011You don't need me to tell you that there's a lot wrong with the health service. In so many ways, for so many varied reasons, it just doesn't work. Apportioning blame, or even trying to,... Paul Darbyshire and MunsterThursday, 02 June 2011I don't know this man well. Emails and a few phone calls. But I am so impressed by him.
Did you watch the Munster v Leinster match last Saturday? What a game. Munster won it through... |
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