Focus Ireland has welcomed new figures reporting a drop of 241 in the number of people homeless in Ireland in March. The Dept of Housing figures issued today show a total of 9907 people homeless in March compared to 10,148 people homeless in February. The charity reported that it helped […]
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Cork County Council has added a new feature to their online customer service portal YourCouncil.ie. This latest facility, ‘Your Local Services’, gives Cork County citizens a comprehensive list of locally available Council services and contact details, including information on the nearest civic amenity site, fire station, local engineering office and library, […]
“European airlines need to stop messing their customers about and start paying out refunds when requested by their passengers,” said Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher. The Renew Europe MEP was commenting following a public outcry on the manner in which airlines are treating their customers and reports that the Irish […]
University College Cork has been awarded significant funding to research the impact Covid-19 public health measures have had on the people of Ireland, and to also study the genetic makeup of the viruses circulating across the country. The projects are two of 26 proposals awarded as part of a €5m […]
Cork County Council has extended the deadline for applications to its Age Friendly County programme, which provides support to groups for the development of a network of Age Friendly towns across the county. The current fund cycle from 2020 – 2021 will provide financial assistance to communities interested in developing […]
Wind energy became Ireland’s number one source of electricity for a full quarter for the first time during the first three months of 2020. Figures released from the SEAI this week showed that during Q1 2020 wind energy provided 3,390 GWh of electricity (43.8 per cent of demand) compared to […]