Cork city councillors and officials are preparing to inspect the Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA) at Mahon, and quiz the committee that runs it, on foot of public concerns about the operation of the facility.
Chief among the concerns of councillors who have sought this official visit to the shelter are recent allegations that have called into question the...
Over nine million euro has been spent by the Health Service Executive (HSE) on leasing premises across Cork over the past three years. There are 43 buildings currently being rented in the city and county, with a cost this year of €2.9million, averaging approximately €1,300 per week for each property. In 2009, the HSE paid out just under €3million in leases and last year, the...
Tensions between Cork City Council and Diarmuid Gavin over the controversial Sky Garden are simmering towards boiling point, with the celebrity gardener’s studio taking the unprecedented step of writing to all city councillors about their difficulties with officials at City Hall.
The Sky Garden, sponsored by Cork City Council and Failte Ireland, took gold at the Chelsea Flower...
Rare photographs of a Cork-born missionary who served as bishop in an Indian diocese at the start of the last century have come to light. The Right Reverend Eyre Chatterton, who was born in Monkstown, was an eminent Anglican author who served as a Bishop in Chota Nagpur district of northeastern India from 1903 to 1926. Rare images of him, along with other Irish Protestant missionaries in India...
In an indication of Ireland’s unswerving support for the work of GOAL—and the unchanging nature of poverty and famine—GOAL West leader, Maura Lennon, returned to Ethiopia last week, 27 years after first travelling to the region with the charity.
As a 21-year-old newly qualified nurse, Maura encountered a landscape ravaged by death and hardship. Last week, while...
Twenty-seven Cork people have had their jobseekers’ allowance cut for refusing employment help. The local figure represents 5% of cuts across the country, with 509 jobseekers having their rate of payment reduced for not engaging with the National Employment Action Plan (NEAP), or by refusing a training offer from FÁS and the Department of Social Protection. The arrangements had...
Concern as Cork water treatment sites fail to meet EU standards
A leading environmental activist has labelled Cork's waste water treatment plants as a “ticking time bomb” after a number of sites failed to meet EU standards.
The report by the Environmental Protection Agency found that mandatory water treatment did not take place at sewage treatment...
The group that has managed a Cork jobs centre voluntarily since losing its FÁS funding last December, is set to mark its 50th day of running the facility without any salary or support next week.
The ‘Friends of the Employment Resource Centre’ group is hosting an open day at the facility on North Main Street next Thursday, February 23rd, to mark 50 days since it...
The government's claims that €645m was saved by a crackdown on welfare fraud are a huge exaggeration, a leading Cork-born anti-poverty campaigner has claimed.
Social Justice Ireland said it had evidence to show that more than three-quarters of the savings came from correcting errors made by bungling staff in the Department of Social Protection. Dr. Sean Healy, director of Social...
A building provider with 10 branches across Cork has gone into examinership. The High Court yesterday, Thursday appointed examiner Kieran Wallace of KPMG to the BHT Group, which operates Tubs and Tiles, Heat Merchants, and Brooks suppliers. With branches spread across Togher, Wilton, Skibbereen, Ballincollig, Blackpool, Little Island and Turner’s Cross, the companies have confirmed that...
Cork teachers have warned about “discontent” in the system, after a report outlined that countries that invest more in teachers have better education outcomes than those who do not. The findings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which were released yesterday, Thursday stated that Ireland is one of the strongest performing countries educationally...
The president of Cork Institute of Technology remains committed to the planned Munster Technological University, despite his incisive criticism of the Health Education Authority’s (HEA) blueprint for such a third level institution early this week.
Dr Brendan Murphy has been a driving force in plans for the proposed multi-campus MTU, which envisages the amalgamation of CIT with...
Little known elements of events on the day Michael Collins was shot will come to light in a new documentary marking the 90th anniversary of his death.
The production, which is headed by theatre producer Maria Young and historian Tim Crowley of the Michael Collins Centre, is to detail how the Irish revolutionary leader was coerced into Beal na mBláth on August 22nd 1922 by the...
Cork author John O'Shea will host an evening of song and stories about the Boys of Fairhill on Wednesday, February 22nd at COFFA House on Church St. (off Shandon St.). The evening, part of a series of local history events organised by the Shandon Area History Group, will begin at 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend the free event and donations are welcome.
The Firkin Crane is preparing to host a major exhibition to celebrate the Centenary of renowned ballet teacher and promoter Joan Denise Moriarty. The exhibition will shine a light on this unique building, which owes its very existence to Moriarty's vision and energy and will also feature newly discovered archive material thoughtfully presented by the staff at Firkin Crane in association with...
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