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CORK PARALYMPIANS LAUDED AS THEY ARRIVE HOME FROM SUCCESSES IN RIO
CORK’S Paralympians were given a special welcome home yesterday to pay tribute for their efforts in Rio. Niamh McCarthy proudly shows her silver medal from the Rio Paralympics during an Open Top Car...
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€30k grants for landlords under scheme to house the homeless and vulnerable
OWNERS of vacant houses in Cork city will be given up to €30,000 in a multi-million euro “repair and lease” project to bring the properties up to standard to rent to vulnerable people. Minister for...
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Taoiseach criticises Fianna Fáil’s ‘new’ stance on water
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny was in his biggest rival Micheál Martin’s back yard today as the political theatre between the country’s two biggest parties reignited following months of relative harmony. Mr...
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No to multi-million euro rebuilding loan
Cork City Hall. CITY councillors in Cork have chosen not to seek out a multi-million euro loan to rebuild the city’s public realm. Elected members were presented with the option of a €40 million loan,...
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Time to nominate Cork’s best buildings
CORK Business Association and Cork City Council have officially launched this year’s Cork Better Building Awards, which are run in association with The Evening Echo The awards honour the best-designed...
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Engagement ring still in garda lost property
A LOST engagement ring is among the hundreds of items being held at Anglesea Street Garda station. Garda stations across the country are holding countless lost or stolen items, with a major push on to...
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Cork city has highest rate of male self-harm in the entire country
CORK city has the highest rate of male self-harm in the country and the second highest rate of self-harm when it comes to women, it has been revealed. The shocking statistics, provided to the Evening...
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Video & Pictures: X-Factor, Santa-style hits Cork
SANTA’S answer to the X-Factor had it all this year from a plum pudding playing the violin to an aspiring elf power couple. Mr Claus’s recruitment drive with a twist for this year’s “Discover”-a...
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Video & Pictures: Demolition work underway at the Beamish site
Demolition work in progress at the former Beamish & Crawford, the site of a new event centre in Cork. Video by Denis Minihane. SIGNS of progress can finally be spotted at the event centre...
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Suspended sentence for theft of 17 football jerseys
A YOUNG woman, who stole 17 football jerseys from a shop, claimed that she only went in to buy another item and never intended stealing anything. Judge Con O’Leary said: “It is hard to accept that was...
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Six-month jail term for part in violent obstruction of gardaí
A SIX-month jail term was imposed yesterday on a Cork man for the part he played in the violent obstruction of gardaí trying to arrest a man at a crowded house. Judge Con O’Leary imposed that sentence...
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Accused indicates that he will be pleading guilty to all charges
THE man facing three charges related to a false imprisonment at a house where it was alleged that a gas cylinder was thrown down stairs at a garda indicated yesterday that he would be pleading guilty...
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Micheál Martin calls for funds for South Infirmary
CURRENT facilities in the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH) for dermatology and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) patients are “not fit for purpose” and need urgent investment. The South...
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Kenny reassures US companies on tax
AMERICAN companies which provide thousands of jobs to Cork people were given an unequivocal message from Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday — the 12.5% corporation tax rate is here to stay. Bob Savage...
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Sea of purple will take to streets of Cork for Evening Echo Mini Marathon
THERE will be a sea of purple on the streets of Cork tomorrow, as hundreds of Cork ARC supporters take on the Evening Echo Women’s Mini Marathon. Staff from Penneys Patrick Street who are taking part...
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Kelleher concerned at growing obesity fears
THE obesity crisis in Ireland is such a threat to society that this generation could be the first to be buried by their parents, a Cork TD has warned. Fianna Fail TD Billy Kelleher at Leinster House,...
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Cork and Kerry TB rates above average
TB RATES in Cork and Kerry are above the national average, the HSE Regional Health Forum South learned this week. While the numbers of newly-diagnosed cases of TB are falling both locally and...
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The €4m question – Why is Cork City Council spending “a fortune” on consultants?
CORK City Council paid €3.3 million to external consultants last year and €1.1 million for the first half of 2016. City Hall Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins The figures, revealed through the Freedom of...
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Local athlete wins Evening Echo Mini Marathon which sees thousands run around...
The winner of this year’s Evening Echo Mini Marathon is Emma Murphy from Model Farm Road, writes Kelly O’Brien of the Evening Echo. Sinead O'Connor Leevale - 2nd place, Emma Murphy - St Finbarrs...
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Gardaí arrest two after car chase ends outside GAA stadium surrounded by...
By Eoin English Two men have been arrested in Cork this afternoon after a car, which was being pursued by gardaí, crashed outside the Pairc Ui Rinn GAA stadium as fans were arriving for a county...
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