Cork City Council has been refunded the €3.1million we spent during the flooding in November. At a recent council meeting, City Manager, Joe Gavin said the monies were refunded to the Council by the Department of the Environment. The council spent:
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As people will be aware the West Cork Tourism Co-Operative Society are making arrangements to re-introduce the Cork/Swansea Ferry service. This is seen as very important for the tourism industry. It is estimated that the ferry service will generate between €40m and €50m worth of business annually in the region. Read More…
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In the run up to Christmas, Cork was hit by the worst flooding experienced in the City in many, many years. A number of people around the Marsh area of the City and on the North side of the City had to be evacuated, either because they were marooned or in serious danger of being so. Thousands of households were left without water, some for up to fourteen days. Read More…
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As a result of the recent sever weather condidtions, the water supply in Cork City has been asdversely effected.
City Council is confident that normal daytime water supply will now be maintained across the city. But in order to safeguard supply pending the repair of Read More…
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At this weeks council meeting the City Manager brought a report to the members on the recent cold snap and the City Council’s response to it.
The City manager said that the Council have defined salting routes covering main traffic routes, bus routes, areas adjacent to schools and other busy roads Read More…
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Cork City Council continues to urge the public to take extra caution during the current wintry spell.
Traffic Routes:
Cork City Council’s Road Crews have been treating the city’s roads since the onset of the current Cold Snap in mid-December. The programme for treating roads has been focussed on main traffic routes and on bus routes. Read More…
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In response to a Weather Alert from Met Éireann, Cork City Council is advising all road users to take special care when using the roads in the coming days.
Lowest temperatures of zero to -4 degrees are predicted over the next 3 days with frost and icy patches Read More…
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Cork City Council will provide facilities for the acceptance of Christmas trees for recycling in Cork city.
All Christmas trees that are collected will be composted at the Civic Amenity Recycling Centre, Kinsale Road Christmas trees may be deposited free of charge at any of the sites listed below from 7th January to 31st January 2009. Read More…
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The Budget for 2010 was agreed at a special meeting of Cork City Council on Monday, December 21st. The Budget is set within a period of financial difficulty, and is based on a projected expenditure of €193,855,800. This total expenditure shows a reduction of €14,822,500 or Read More…
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The Jack Lynch Tunnel is due to close for three nights from January 13th to 16th, 2010, for overnight maintenance. The tunnel will be open to traffic as normal between 7am and 8pm on these days.
A section of the South Ring Road (N25) between Dunkettle Interchange and Mahon Interchange, including the Jack Lynch Tunnel and Tunnel Management Building /Little Read More…
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Firstly, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish each of you a very happy, healthy and Holy Christmas. The festive season is an exciting and enjoyable time for most families in Cork. A time when we reflect on the year gone by, and spend time with friends and family
At a time when it is easy to be taken over by the commercial aspect of Read More…
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Fine Gael believes that this was a draconian budget that should not have been necessary. Fianna Fáil failed to anticipate the coming crisis and plan accordingly. Now they have made things worse by failing to provide a jobs plan and by putting developers and bankers ahead of our children, pensioners and the sick. We needed a fairer budget that isn’t balanced on the backs of our most vulnerable. Read More…
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At last night’s full City Council meeting the City Manager, Joe Gavin, issued the following report to Councillors:
“A Ard-Mheara agus Comhairleoiri,
Re: Flooding Crisis – Morning of Friday, 20th November, Read More…
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Santa Claus is arriving tomorrow to Blackrock Castle Observatory on an “Icy Comet”. Great family event to attend after the two weeks Cork has been through!!
And proceeds from the night are going to St Vincent de Paul for Flood Relief Victims.
Blackrock Castle Observatory are launching Cosmic Read More…
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