Following a recent question I submitted to the City Manager on the renewal of Blackrock Village, I am delighted to be able to tell you that the Manager is quickly progressing plans for a park and playground in Blackrock Village. In his letter to me Joe Gavin, City Manager stated that the
At a recent meeting of the Docklands Policy Committee, a number of documents were made available, giving an update on the progress of the docklands development. The Docklands Progress Report, prepared by the Docklands Director of Services, gave updates on a whole range of
At last weeks council meeting, I tabled a question to the City Manager on the possible routes that can be explored by Cork City Council in order to develop the Gus Healy Pool in Douglas. Since I joined Cork City Council, it is an issue that arises continuously. The Government recently confirmed that there will be no new [...]
I was disappointed with a recent report to the Roads and Transportation Functional Committee. For the last number of months, since the roundabout in Douglas Village was removed by Cork County Council, I have being requesting an that alternative route be provided for traffic coming off the Well Road, and wishing to travel the Douglas [...]
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Cork City Council is preparing a statutory Local Area Plan for the South Mahon area in the south-east of the city, which is identified in the Cork City Development Plan 2009-2015 as a Key Development Area. The new local area plan will set out a planning and development strategy for the area, the
National Spring Clean takes place during the month of April, 2010. National Spring Clean is Ireland’s most popular, well recognised and successful anti-litter initiative. Now in its 12th year, the campaign encourages every sector of society to actively participate and take responsibility for litter, by actually conducting clean-ups in their own local environment. National Spring [...]
The Cork City Marathon will take place this year on June 7th 2010. Building on the success of the marathon since its inception four years ago, a new route has been announced for this years marathon. Click here to view the route (pdf) There is plenty of help and support available out