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Rent allowance dilemna
Housing charity Threshold have said that renters are now facing a more difficult property market then ever, despite the introduction of new legislation to prevent discrimination against those in...
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Cork welcomes LÉ Eithne home after Mediterranean mission
Irish Navy vessels the LÉ Eithne and LÉ James Joyce were welcomed into Cork Harbour earlier today. Pic: Port of CorkThe LÉ Eithne was returning from her eight-week deployment rescuing migrants in the...
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Ryan and friends cycle 675km for charity
IT has certainly lived up to its name on the Wild Atlantic Way for an eight-strong team of cyclists making the 675km trip from Galway to Cork in aid of motor neurone disease research and support....
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Emotions run high for LÉ Eithne return
Imagine Cork winning the Double or meeting Santa Claus in person – you still couldn’t come near to the magical scenes of utter joy that greeted the crew of the LÉ Eithne upon their return to...
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After 10 heartbreaks I got my new heart!
A CORK woman’s agonising wait for a new heart finally came to an end after facing the devastation of 10 unsuitable transplant options. Claire O’Connell, who hails from Clondrohid near Macroom, battled...
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CUH cancels 68,000-plus appointments every year
ALMOST 70,000 hospital appointments are cancelled at Cork University Hospital every year, new figures show. Cork South Central TD, Michael McGrath, FF, obtained details of the number of appointments...
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New blood centre to be built at CUH
A MAJOR new blood transfusion centre is to be built on the grounds of Cork University Hospital, following delays of a decade. The new centre has been approved by the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar,...
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Council unveils two-year action plan to revive Cork’s city centre
CITY Hall have unveiled their action plan to revitalise the city centre over the next two years. In the face of criticisms over the the high number of vacant buildings and the loss of shoppers to...
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Creedon goes wild on Ireland’s west coast
CORK’S John Creedon has embarked on an epic 2,500 kilometre road trip along Ireland’s west coast for a new RTE documentary. Creedon’s Wild Atlantic Way is a new three-part series due to be broadcast on...
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Ballincollig weir to cost €500k to repair
IT WILL cost up to €500,000 to repair a collapsed weir at Ballincollig Regional Park. A report by consulting engineers on behalf of Cork County Council estimates that the cost of long-term repairs to...
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Interest in Carrigtwohill’s Amgen site is ‘significant’
INTEREST in one of Cork’s most prime industrial locations – the former Amgen site in Carrigtwohill – has been reignited. The IDA has been in discussions with four interested parties in the past three...
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Flood relief delayed by Knotweed invasion
AN INVASION of Japanese Knotweed has caused major delays to two flood relief schemes in Cork. The Douglas flood relief scheme and the Glanmire/Sallybrook scheme have both been hit by delays after the...
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Demolition of stand won’t delay Páirc Uí Chaoimh plan
THE unexpected demolition of Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s northern, uncovered stand will not delay the completion of the new stadium the Cork GAA Board has said. Demolition of the northern stand at Páirc U...
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Lift-off for 1,000-job science park
A NEW science and technology park, that has the potential to create 1,000 jobs, is to take a giant step forward when University College Cork lodges a planning application for a ‘hub building’ on the...
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Sinn Fein lifts expulsion of Cobh Cllr Kieran McCarthy
SINN Fein today confirmed that it had “lifted the expulsion” of Cobh councillor Kieran McCarthy pending further investigations – but Cllr McCarthy said the first he heard of the move was when the...
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New HQ for Bishopstown CU
The largest community-based financial institution in Cork, Bishopstown Credit Union, is to transform the former Viscount site on Curraheen Road into its new headquarters at a cost of €5.8 million. The...
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Cork duo celebrate MTV award nominations for Hozier video
A Cork production company is celebrating two nominations for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). Feel Good Lost produced the video for Hozier’s global smash-hit single ‘Take Me To Church’,...
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Reardens Taking Over Little Cross Street
POPULAR Cork bar Reardens is taking over the adjacent Little Cross Street for the next three months using astroturf, party lights and seating to create an outdoor atmosphere. In a pilot scheme to...
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The High Court has agreed to place Mothercare Ireland into interim examinership at the request of the company’s directors. The company, a franchise of Mothercare UK, has traded in Ireland for 23 years...
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Cork judge erred in sentencing Englishman for role in €440m drugs haul, court...
A Cork judge erred in sentencing an Englishman to 30 years imprisonment for his role in the biggest drugs seizure in the history of the State, the Court of Criminal Appeal has found.Perry Wharrie (aged...
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