Cork South West TD, Holly Cairns, is seeking immediate action and greater consultation with communities after successive flood events in the past two weeks. Towns and communities, including Bandon, Skibbereen, and Bantry have been affected by floods recently. Holly said: “We’re now in our third week of flooding in West […]
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Visa has announced it would extend its commitment to the 90 plus Team Visa athletes, including Irish Olympic medallists Paul and Gary O’Donovan, through 2021. In support of the decision by the IOC and Japan’s Prime Minister Abe to postpone the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to 2021, Visa pledged to […]
Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan has received confirmation from Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, that his department will provide assistance to Cork County Council for the repairs to the road network following last week’s damaging floods. After initial devastation on Thursday morning, Rosscarbery, Dunmanway, Rathbarry, […]
Carbery Housing Association (CHA) continues its work of rescuing families from repossession by buying five more properties in County Cork as of June 2020. These properties are mostly rural, but some are in larger towns. CHA has also received the good news that two of their properties have been accepted […]
Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan is calling on the Minister for Justice to consider waiving or suspending costly Licensing Application fees for licensed premises for the remainder of 2020. Licensed premises are expected to renew their liquor and other licences in September this year, but many have had no […]
Cork County Council is now accepting applications from local businesses for the Restart Grant Plus. This scheme builds upon the previous Restart Grant Scheme by increasing the minimum grant from €2,000 to €4,000 and increasing the maximum from €10,000 to €25,000. Eligibility has also expanded, with applications open to companies […]
