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Cork bus drivers say: ‘Cut our pay and we strike’
Bus Eireann drivers in Cork are afraid for their livelihoods after a raft of cuts were announced by the company this week. Workers say the proposed measures, which includes job losses, would affect...
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Inspirational Cork teen shares mother’s suicide note to spark conversation...
Oisín Kenny, who recently received his mother’s suicide note, fifteen years after her death, speaks to Kelly O’Brien about the importance of speaking out about mental health, suicide, and depression....
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And the Cork Person of the Year Award goes to … the O’Donovan Brothers
SKIBBEREEN’S most famous brothers can add yet another trophy to their mantlepiece, having yesterday scooped the prestigious title of Cork Persons of the Year. Olympic rowers Gary and Paul O’Donovan...
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Boat builders want to make Cork city a maritime mecca by 2020
A major new riverside development complete with boat building stations, retail outlets and ‘turn up and try’ rowing and sailing services is set to make Cork city a maritime mecca by 2020. The plans,...
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1,500 maintenance requests yet to be done on city roads
THERE were more than 1,500 outstanding road maintenance requests in Cork city at the end of 2016. This accounts for more than half the total requests submitted to the local authority last year. The...
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Nursing home beds are so scarce that people are checking death columns to try...
BEDS are so scarce in Cork nursing homes that families are keeping an eye on the newspaper death columns in the hopes of identifying spaces for loved ones. That’s according to elderly rights advocate...
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Delays on incinerator decision is causing worry and stress for Cork Harbour...
HARBOUR residents have reported ‘overwhelming worry and stress’ on the back of the postponement of a decision on the planned waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy. An Bord Pleanála this week opted to push...
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Property developer Owen O’Callaghan has died
Owen O’Callaghan, Property Developer. CORK Property developer Owen O’Callaghan has died. During his career, he has been responsible for Cork’s largest retail and housing developments including Opera...
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Robotics event at CIT defies all expectations with big attendance
THE biggest ever national schools robotics event drew to a close at Cork Institute of Technology yesterday. The Dell EMC VEX Robotics programme, which is in its fifth year in Ireland, and now...
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Stander is all business as he prepares to drive Munster on
THE fight for business can be quite a scrum at this time of year and car dealerships need a good man to drive sales or they risk losing out. Well, the queue of customers at one car seller resembled a...
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Work starts on Cork-France internet cable
Cork is to get a new high-speed internet connection to France. Work is underway to install the connection between Ringaskiddy and Lannion in France. Ireland-France Subsea Cable Limited (IFSC) has...
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24 Cork Garda stations have no access to PULSE
GARDAI in parts of Cork have to drive 20 miles a day to get access to the garda PULSE system. A third of garda stations in Cork do not have access to the system, according to information provided by...
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Rent caps extended to Cork suburbs
Housing Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed his rent cap scheme is set to be extended to a number of commuter towns in Cork by the end of the month – most likely Ballincollig, Carrigaline, Douglas,...
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New Kent Station entrance on schedule
THE redevelopment of Kent Station is on schedule and is set to be finished this spring, according to Irish Rail, with structural steel work and internal fittings still to be completed. Contractors are...
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Builders say Páirc Uí Chaoimh work not to blame for stream pollution
THE contamination of a water stream flowing beside the former Showgrounds at Ballintemple, close to Páirc Uí Chaoimh, was not caused by the stadium’s redevelopment, according to contractors Sisk....
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Ballincollig festival lights up the winter darkness
Evening Echo reporter Kevin O’Neill looks ahead to next week’s Ballincollig Winter Music Festival when 85 performers from four countries will entertain music fans with a range of folk, bluegrass and...
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Owen O’Callaghan: Recalling the man who built Cork
Owen O’Callaghan’s many high profile developments will ensure he will forever be remembered as one of the men who built Cork, writes Kelly O’Brien. OVER the course of the last 50 years, developer Owen...
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Council built just three new homes in 2016 due to a lack of funding
City Hall Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins CORK City Council built just three houses in 2016, a figure described as ‘disgraceful’. Despite the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis in the city, figures...
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Sinn Féin says council tenants now paying property tax
SINN FÉIN has accused Cork County Council of introducing a local property tax for council tenants through the back door by raising their rents. According to the council’s own figures, it pays €720,000...
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Proposed bus cuts ‘nail in rural Ireland’s coffin’
CORK County councillors are seeking a meeting with Minister for Transport Shane Ross to discuss proposed cuts to Expressway services. Fine Gael councillor Noel McCarthy criticised the proposal that the...
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