Kids in ASD units and special classes need urgent clarity around returning to school, Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan says. Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan as asked education minister Joe McHugh to examine ways to allow children enrolled in ASD units and special classes to return to school as […]
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University College Cork (UCC) is offering free courses so that workplaces across all sectors of Ireland’s economy are ready to resume operations under the Government’s phased roadmap. The COVID 19 Return to Work courses are sector specific so that businesses know what is required to ensure their workplace meet the national health guidelines. […]
The High Court has ruled that there is no effective licence to permit the mechanical extraction of kelp from Bantry Bay. BioAtlantis Aquamarine Ltd. – a Tralee-based biotechnology company – applied in 2009 for a foreshore licence to harvest kelp from over 1,860 acres, the largest mechanical extraction ever proposed in Britain […]
Local Authorities are required to identify official bathing areas in their region each year, so that they can be monitored for safety, water quality and level of use. To help with this process, Cork County Council are inviting those who swim at beaches, lakes and rivers to provide their feedback […]
Government should set up a State agency with specific responsibility to grow and develop SMEs says a new Economic Report from the Local Jobs Alliance. The Alliance is an umbrella group of seven leading trade organisations whose members make up 24,850 businesses who employ 448,000 people throughout Ireland. The organisations […]
People have been urged to be extra vigilant when it comes to online scams. There have been various reports of an increase in websites targeting consumers during the Covid-19 crisis. Some websites are claiming to offer ‘cures’ for Covid-19 and attempting to scam consumers. With online shopping on the rise […]