CorkIndependent.com Local News Feed http://www.corkindependent.com Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:32:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.corkindependent.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.corkindependent.com CorkIndependent.com Local News Feed http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2980&Itemid=82 The enrolment of a female student to the all-boys Nagle Community College in Mahon this week on the instructions of the Department of Education is likely to see schools around the country urgently rewording their enrolment policies. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:34:25 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2979&Itemid=82 A decision on whether or not plans to develop a private hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital should be given the green light, has been delayed. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:33:50 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2978&Itemid=82 Members of the Board of Bantry's Harbour Commissioners have vowed to fight plans which could see the Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners consigned to history. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:33:03 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2977&Itemid=82 The decision to award funding for a new €5 million garda barracks in Ballincollig has been put on hold in the wake of recent government cutbacks. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:32:23 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2976&Itemid=82 The 2008 Meteor Munster Sevens Tournament officially kicks off: Sevens International Star, Denis Hurley along with Heineken Cup Heroes, Liefi mi Mafi and Alan Quinlan joined Meteor's Head of Communication, Amanda Carroll from Patrickswell, Co Limerick, to launch the 2008 Meteor Munster Sevens Tournament at Charleville RFC. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:25:45 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2975&Itemid=82 It's 'as you were' for both the Cork hurling and football starting line-ups as the teams prepare for their respective semi and quarter final clashes at Croke Park this coming Sunday, August 10. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:23:48 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2974&Itemid=82 Local representatives have implored the government to take action immediately to help the 180 workers in Cork who have learned that they will lose their jobs by the end of next year. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:22:05 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2941&Itemid=82 Convicted drug smuggler Perry Wharrie who was convicted last week for his role in the Dunlough Bay drugs haul was in court again yesterday (Wednesday) facing extradition proceedings which may see him sent to the UK accused of breaking his parole conditions after he left the country after being released from prison where he had served 17 years for murder. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:38:25 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2940&Itemid=82 The long-awaited regeneration of the Spriggs Road flats in Gurranabraher has been cancelled by Cork City Council due to a lack of funding. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:37:47 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2939&Itemid=82 County Manager Martin Riordan came under severe pressure from councillors at this week's meeting of Cork County Council to include proposals for the development of a new town near Innishshannon in the next County Development Plan. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:31:41 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2938&Itemid=82 A 50-year-old Corkman who cannot be named to protect his victims has been jailed for four years for raping his two sisters more than 30 years ago. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:30:16 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2937&Itemid=82 Fianna Fáil councillors were among those who called on Minister Gormley to resign over what they claim is the Minister's poor handling of the toxic contamination scandal at Haulbowline in Cork Harbour. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:29:05 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2936&Itemid=82 The Government have pledged to make €273,000 available to a number of regions in West Cork to ensure that drinking water there is of the very highest quality. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:27:59 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2935&Itemid=82 Law Hero Niamh Gunn is Cork Person of Month. American Walter Swift served 26 years for a crime he did not commit, and it was the work of Cork law intern Niamh Gunn that uncovered the evidence to set him free. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:19:41 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2934&Itemid=82 Lord Mayor Cllr Brian Bermingham inspects the Guard of Honour during a courtesy visit to Collins Barracks. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:18:33 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2933&Itemid=82 The latest birth at Fota Wildlife Park, Finn (pictured), a male giraffe, was officially announced yesterday (Wednesday). Finn has settled in extremely well at Fota, and is thriving. Finn is now one of 15 Giraffe present in Fota Wildlife Park. As the herd continues to grow the view of the extensive herd in the park is very impressive. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:17:51 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2914&Itemid=82 The luxury South African mansion of one of the convicted drug smugglers will be auctioned by authorities there with the proceeds to go towards the fight against drugs in South Africa. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:51:47 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2913&Itemid=82 Roy Keane returns to the club where his professional career started when he takes his Sunderland charges to Turners Cross to face Cobh Ramblers on Monday, July 28. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:51:10 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2912&Itemid=82 The Office of the Ombudsman is currently seeking an explanation from Cork City Council in relation to a supposed breach of public rights under the Planning and Development Act. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:31:53 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2911&Itemid=82 Linda Pentony, Lucy Burke, Rachel and Alice O'Connor, Beibhinn Walsh and Leyla Downey members of the Mayfield Community Arts Centre at the GlobalFest Youths Arts Festival in Bishop Lucey Park at the weekend. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:22:52 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2910&Itemid=82 1 Gun, 1 kidnapped Bishop, 3 Lads from Barrytown, the American Marines and 2 days the residents of Barrytown will never forget. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:21:32 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2909&Itemid=82 Three men convicted of possessing at least €440 million worth of cocaine off the west Cork coast on July 2, 2007 have been sentenced to a combined 85 years in prison. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:20:27 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2889&Itemid=82 Schools in the Cork City are currently more than €200,000 in arrears in water charges owed to the city council. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:31:15 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2888&Itemid=82 Health cuts are hitting Cork families hard with the long awaited opening of a family support service in North Cork now deferred and all child case conferences for the Cork and Kerry region due to be suspended for three weeks in August. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:30:34 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2887&Itemid=82 Local authority housing to the value of more than €140 million remains unoccupied in both Cork city and county t despite record numbers of people now on local authority housing lists. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:29:53 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2886&Itemid=82 Proposals to site a new tall building in the Blackpool area of Cork have been cut down by members of the city council. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:28:44 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2885&Itemid=82 This year's ACC Bank Cork Week could generate as much as €40 million for the economy. While estimates published this week have suggested that the event could generate between €10 and €20 million, according to Jean Kearney, Media Spokesperson for the event, in reality this figure could be much higher. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:28:10 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2884&Itemid=82 Georgina Staliglowe and Joaquim Martin from salsaireland.com dancing with hundreds of others during the Cuban Extravaganza featuring Ska Cubano and El Guayabero at Charles Fort on Saturday as part of Kinsale Arts Week 2008. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:20:27 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2883&Itemid=82 Pictured at the opening of of her exhibition titled Chasing Butterflies, is Nell Collins at Alliance Française Gallery, Cork. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:19:05 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2882&Itemid=82 A boat racing at ACCBank Cork Week with the Jeanie Johnston in the backround, Crosshaven, Co Cork. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:17:34 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2859&Itemid=82 Two orthopaedic consultants who retired from St Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital in 2006 and 2007 have still not been replaced by full-time consultants. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:40:53 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2858&Itemid=82 It is time for the government to take decisive action to tackle the crisis in the Irish fishing industry following the publication this week of the emergency package of measures to tackle the crisis by the European Commission according to opposition politicians. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:40:13 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2857&Itemid=82 Officials at Cork City Council's Docklands Directorate are optimistic that cutbacks to infrastructure funding announced this week will not negatively impact on crucial developments planned for the city's docks area. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:39:28 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2856&Itemid=82 Cork City Council has refused a planning application to develop 44 residential units on a site at Bishopscourt Green. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:38:15 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2855&Itemid=82 The average asking price for properties in Cork city fell a further 1.7% in the years second quarter bringing the year-on-year change to a total of - 8.4%. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:37:39 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2854&Itemid=82 Karen Underwood and Linda Kenny with dancer Colette Healy (right) as they take a trip on the 'Sea Safari' RIB through Cork's dockland waterways as the 'Summer at the Half Moon Theatre' season was announced. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:30:47 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2853&Itemid=82 Michael McCormack, FDC Group, Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Tony Fitzgerald, Dick Hodgins, Chairman Cork City Sports, Kelly Proper, Irish long jump champion, Frank Walley, President Cork City Sports, and Safann MacCarthy, Spar Marketing Manager, at the launch of the Cork City Sports, at the City Hall. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:29:26 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2833&Itemid=82 Figures released by the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that significant numbers of people in Cork were awaiting surgery may be skewered by the fact that large numbers of patients have been offered surgery through the scheme, but, have rejected or ignored the offer. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:34:18 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2832&Itemid=82 Final preparations are underway for this year's ACCBank Cork Week which will take place at the Royal Yacht Club in Crosshaven from July 12 to July 18. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:33:20 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2831&Itemid=82 Environment Minister John Gormley has refused to meet with concerned members of Cobh Town and Cork County Council after National Cancer Registry figures showed the East Cork town has experienced a 44% higher cancer rate then the national average in recent years. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:32:15 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2830&Itemid=82 Forest Fairies from Celtic Mythology Leah Comiskey, Aoife Gorden and Anna Talty at the Cork Chamber Midsummer Ball, sponsored by Musgrave Group. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:25:12 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2829&Itemid=82 Cork 96 FM Radiothon Team pictured at the Mercy University Hospital. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:22:36 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2828&Itemid=82 Munster and Ireland Heineken Cup winning outhalf, Ronan O'Gara pictured with pupils from St Columba's Girls National School, Cork. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:21:34 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2827&Itemid=82 Cork's biggest GAA supporter Cyril 'The Sombrero Man' Kavanagh is being held hostage by O2 Ireland and is currently being held captive in 'Cork GAA Hell' in the window of the O2 Experience Store on Patrick St, Cork. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:20:33 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2811&Itemid=82 Dialogue Ireland, an independent Trust promoting awareness and understanding of new religious movements and cultism, has spoken out against a mental health awareness exhibition due to take place in City Hall this weekend. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:35:52 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2810&Itemid=82 There was a mixed reaction to proposals from the EU to offer fishermen payments for the decommissioning of some boats. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:34:24 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2809&Itemid=82 Almost 280 patients in Cork have been waiting for more than a year for surgery. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:33:27 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2808&Itemid=82 A Cork family are pleaing for help to get a desperately needed rehabilitation bed for their 31-year-old daughter. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:32:38 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2807&Itemid=82 A thirty-one bed female surgical ward at the Mercy hospital which was closed earlier this year to save money is now being advertised for private rent by hospital authorities. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:31:26 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2806&Itemid=82 A private Members Bill proposed by Cork Green Party TD Dan Boyle along with his party colleague Deidre DeBurca and Senator David Norris looks set to see a ban on the practice of psycho-surgery in Ireland, better know as the lobotomy procedure. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:30:36 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2805&Itemid=82 Cork Independent columnist, Neil Prendeville, with the help of Trish Murphy, Stephanie Mohally and Victoria Hudson launches the Co-Co's reunion party night to be held in the Victoria Hotel Cork on Saturday, July 5. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:22:17 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2804&Itemid=82 Michael Flatley, Sir John Major and Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds at the Freedom of the City ceremony last Friday at City Hall. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:20:43 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2803&Itemid=82 Bonfires on Bonna night in north Cork city this week. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:19:16 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2777&Itemid=82 There has been a mixed reaction to the decision by the Boundary Commission Review Board too increase seats in the South Wards. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:02:35 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2776&Itemid=82 IMPACT trade union has agreed to enter high level negotiations on the issues raised in its health service industrial dispute on behalf of health workers in Cork and across the country. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:01:46 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2775&Itemid=82 Funding of more than €1 million is to be given to 191 projects in Cork to enhance school library facilities, parent rooms and small scale equipment grants for youth groups. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:01:13 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2774&Itemid=82 The Christian Brother's College in Cork is one of 96 schools across the country which is to be officially handed over to an independent trust. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:00:29 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2773&Itemid=82 The Minister for Health Mary Harney was expected to face tough questions about breast cancer services in Cork in the Dáil last night (Wednesday, June 18). Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:59:55 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2772&Itemid=82 The Cork Institute of Technology has hit back angrily at the Cork School of Music Concerned Parents Group for running what it perceives to be a campaign of misinformation concerning budgetary cutbacks at the facility. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:59:12 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2771&Itemid=82 Model Aimee Canty from Macroom, hair by Mark O’Brien from Spirit, at the final of the Hautre Coutre Hair Styling Awardsd 2008. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:51:07 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2770&Itemid=82 Cork nudes pose as part of Spencer Tunick's installation at Blarney Castle earlier this week. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:47:46 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2769&Itemid=82 Frank O'Sullivan as 'Paddy' in Corcadorca's production of The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill, which is being performed from June 25 as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival, in the Old Southern Fruit Warehouse, Centre Park Road, Cork. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:45:14 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2740&Itemid=82 The blockade of the Port of Cork carried out by disgruntled fishermen was lifted yesterday (Wednesday) following the agreement of Fisheries Minister Brendan Smith to meet representatives from the Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) on Friday. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:45:33 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2739&Itemid=82 IMPACT health workers in the Cork region staged a lunchtime protest outside Cork University Hospital yesterday (Wednesday, June 11) to highlight their concerns about cutbacks in the health service. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:45:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2738&Itemid=82 The programme for the 57th Cork City Sports meeting was officially launched by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Tony Fitzgerald, yesterday (Wednesday, June 11), with athletes from over 30 countries already confirmed to compete. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:44:09 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2737&Itemid=82 The Cork Better Building Awards 2008 were officially launched this week by the Cork Marketing Partnership, with businesses now being invited to submit their forms before the closing date for entries on Friday, June 20. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:43:25 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2736&Itemid=82 SIPTU workers at the Conoco Phillips oil storage facility in Bantry Bay began a 48 hour work stoppage at the facility yesterday morning (Wednesday, June 11). Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:42:04 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2735&Itemid=82 Cellist Cliona Ni Choileain pictured protesting in Cork yesterday with students of Cork School of Music against proposed cutbacks in teaching hours. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:37:03 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2734&Itemid=82 Fishermen from across the country protesting at the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) headquarters in Clonakilty this week have warned that the Irish fishing industry if facing collapse. The fishermen say that unworkable quotas, cheap foreign imports, lack of government help and the rocketing cost of fuel could finish off the Irish fishing industry once and for all. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:23:47 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2733&Itemid=82 Patrice Holmes aged 7 from CADA First Stages Pre School from Cork Academy of Dramatic Arts with Amelie and Guillaume from the Cork Circus Company pictured at the launch of the Lord Mayor's Picnic in the Park 2008. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:22:45 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2709&Itemid=82 Cork Lord Mayor Donal Counihan, and Miss Shipton Cork, Fiona O'Sullivan, at City Hall, Cork, yesterday. Picture Cillian Kelly Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:42:03 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2708&Itemid=82 Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD with TD's Sean Mc Grath, Billy Kelleher and Micheal Martin in Cork yesterday while canvassing for the Lisbon Referendum. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:39:52 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2707&Itemid=82 Taoiseach Brian Cowen believes that there are “no insurmountable obstacles” to the introduction of tax-breaks to aid the development of Cork’s Docklands. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:34:18 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2706&Itemid=82 As pressure mounts on the Minister for Education Batt O’ Keeffe to restore funding for the schools buildings programme, one school in Cork has escalated its campaign to secure funding for the construction of a long-awaited new school building. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:33:22 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2705&Itemid=82 The Irish Road Haulage Association met in Cork last night to discuss the possibility of withdrawing their services on Saturday, June 14. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:31:07 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2704&Itemid=82 Almost 13,000 students in Cork commenced the state examinations yesterday morning (Wednesday, May 3.) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:29:21 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2703&Itemid=82 A total of 536 people had to be turned away from the Cork Simon emergency shelter on 1,817 occasions last year because the shelter was full. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:21:21 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2702&Itemid=82 The Irish Road Haulage Association met in Cork last night to discuss the possibility of withdrawing their services on Saturday, June 14. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:19:21 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2684&Itemid=82 A city councillor has said that it is imperative that a recent proposal to develop 44 apartments in Bishospcourt Green is rejected. Thu, 29 May 2008 09:36:52 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2682&Itemid=82 Residents living in the Wilton area are being invited to attend a public meeting next week to discuss recent developments regarding the development of a private hospital on the grounds of the Cork University Hospital (CUH). Thu, 29 May 2008 09:36:10 +0100