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€5.5m fund to tackle growing knotweed problem
A €5.5m fund has been provided to combat the growing problem of Japanese knotweed, a plant that can cause untold damage to homes and roads within days. Transport Infrastructure Ireland has greenlit...
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Cork has highest rate of motorcycle deaths
CORK has a higher number of motorcyclist deaths than any other county, according to a new report which reveals 11 motorcyclists have been killed on roads here between 2008 and 2012. Dublin is the...
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Oncology/radiotherapy nursing staff at CUH start industrial action
NURSING staff on the Oncology/Radiotherapy Ward at Cork University Hospital today began a work-to-rule industrial action, writes Audrey Ellard Walsh. Jan Beaky, Keith O Halloran, Patrice Kearney, Emma...
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Paris trip off to flier for Hospital Children’s Club
CORK AIRPORT was abuzz with excitement yesterday morning as 44 children prepared to take the trip of a lifetime to Disneyland Paris. The annual holiday, organised by the Cork City Hospitals Children’s...
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Top cop is humbled by northside farewell
A THRONG of community leaders packed into Knocknaheeny Youth Project yesterday to pay heartfelt tributes to a “genuine, hard-working, and dedicated member” of An Garda Siochána. The man of the hour...
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City traders’ fury over rates rise
BUSINESS leaders in the city have warned that a proposed increase in commercial rates by City Hall is “completely unacceptable.” Amid warnings that a hike could be the “death knell” for some...
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Cork sign-language users lobby Brussels for rights
A large group of Irish deaf people travelled to Brussels last week for an international conference on rights for sign–language users. The meeting was organised by deaf Belgian MEP, Helga Stevens. Cork...
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Councillors set to resist rise in business rates
INCREASING city commercial rates will cripple small businesses, according to local councillors in Cork. The news that Cork City Council is considering a rates hike of 2.9% has not gone down well with...
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Farranferris kids will learn Chinese
A NORTHSIDE primary school has become the first gaelscoil in Ireland to offer Mandarin Chinese classes to fifth and sixth class pupils. Ning Yang, one of the Chinese students who are studying a...
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All-Ireland champions honoured by the city
THE Lord Mayor said he was “honoured” to host a civic reception for the Cork ladies senior and minor football teams at City Hall last night. And why wouldn’t he be? The seniors are, after all, one of...
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My baby died in my arms
A CORK woman who spent more than an hour watching her six-day-old baby die in her arms has called on the Government to legislate for cases of fatal foetal abnormality. Annie Roche, originally from...
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Progress at the Páirc continues as World Cup bid becomes a prospect
IT’S coming along nicely – a world-class stadium on the banks of the Lee will be completed within months, writes Pádraig Hoare. Update construction picture of works on the main stand at Páirc Uí...
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Bus Éireann and Mahon residents solve 202 dispute
BUS Eireann is safe from any further pickets after a deal on the 202 bus route was struck with Mahon residents last night. Cllr Chris O’Leary, Sinn Fein, said that he was sorry for the disruption that...
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Class reception as Rovers return to scoil
THEY immortalised themselves in the parish with their glorious win in last year’s county final – but the enthusiasm for the Glen Rovers heroes of renown has not dampened one bit this year. In fact, if...
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INMO calls for action on pay, staffing levels
THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has called for immediate action on pay and staffing shortages, arguing that current staff levels in some hospitals are violating health and safety...
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Alf Smiddy: Bite bullet on merger
THE Government needs to ‘bite the bullet’ and get on with merging Cork’s two councils instead of initiating yet another review. That’s according to Alf Smiddy, the former chairman of the Cork Local...
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Study: 74% of CIT graduates are employed in Cork
MORE Cork Institute of Technology graduates are staying in Cork for work, a new study by the institute has found. The fourth annual First Destination Survey reveals that the proportion of CIT...
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Charity saves Cork from total homeless crisis
CORK’S homelessness crisis would be “almost unmanageable” if not for housing support charity Threshold which successfully prevented an additional 2,633 people from becoming homeless here last year....
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Nissan reject interest in Carrigtwohill’s Amgen site
Nissan Europe have dismissed speculation that it is interested in taking over the 130-acre former Amgen site in Carrigtwohill. Fianna Fáil city councillor Kenneth O’Flynn had claimed that he had been...
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220 homes in €80m Mahon plan to ease Cork’s rental crisis
CORK property development company JCD is planning 220 new apartments in Mahon to address the critical shortage of living space for existing and new office workers in the city. JCD, the company...
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