Business owners and employers have expressed deep concern over the structure and future of the Wage Subsidy Scheme because it does not factor in seasonal employees, leaving them out in the cold as businesses struggle to reopen . Many businesses closed by the COVID-19 Pandemic are hoping to open up next […]
South/South West Hospital Group has today (Wednesday 24th June) hosted a thank you ceremony for members of the Defence Forces who provided support during Covid-19. The ceremony will be held on Kennedy Quay dock alongside LÉ Eithne, which is currently docked at the quay. The ceremony will also include a bidding farewell […]
Management and staff at Cork Airport have welcomed the news that SWISS will recommence its Cork-Zurich service from Sunday, July 5thnext. The service will recommence as a once a week service initially, arriving into Cork at 0845 and departing from Cork at 0935. Niall MacCarthy Managing Director at Cork Airport […]
Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan says an “ingenious” Kinsale-based Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) creation and repair initiative should be run on a national scale. Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan said out-of-use factories should be retrofitted to make way for 3D printing equipment and used for the creation and repair of PPE. Deputy O’Sullivan was encouraged by an initiative of Kinsale Community College, in which two students organized to have PPE for hospital staff printed […]
Variety is the spice of life and this is certainly true when it comes to microbiomes – the communities of bacteria, fungi and viruses that are found just about everywhere. That’s why the theme for this year’s World Microbiome Day is diversity. Join in the celebration of diversity of microbes, […]
Ireland’s two Green Party MEPs Grace O’Sullivan and Ciarán Cuffe have endorsed the proposed Programme for Government and urged Party members to vote Yes. Speaking today they acknowledged that Government could be difficult, but stated that there was an historic opportunity to shape policy in the years ahead. Ciarán Cuffe […]
