Age Action and the Irish Red Cross are launching a COVID-19 Hardship Fund in partnership to support people experiencing difficulties meeting costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Unexpected costs can put an added strain on older people and the Hardship Fund will assist with the costs of increased food bills and […]
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The Irish Wildlife Trust is calling on Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed and Minister for Heritage Josepha Madigan to do more to stop the annual scourge of wildfires on the hills. Wildfires are illegal at any time of year while even so-called ‘controlled burning’ is illegal during the bird nesting […]
Parent praises ‘amazing’ new initiative that allows her family to remotely check-in on her baby son amid COVID-19 visiting restrictions. Cork University Maternity Hospital, Ireland South Women and Infants Directorate have worked with the INFANT Research Centre at University College Cork to introduce a secure video messaging platform in the Neonatal Intensive […]
SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, is making its eCollege online learning service available free of charge as a support to Cork learners who have been impacted by the current containment measures. eCollege is the national online learning service for the Further Education and Training sector, funded by SOLAS. […]
Following an intense series of discussions between ICOS and the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine, ICOS has welcomed confirmation from the Department that marts will be allowed to handle livestock trading in a limited way. This will alleviate the current economic burden on farmers seeking to trade animals and […]
The deadline for applications to the Sustainable Cork Fund has been extended until Friday, April 17, 2020 at 5pm. to allow for projects to put their best application forward and alleviate pressures that COVID-19 is causing. The Sustainable Cork Fund is a €200,000 Fund created by Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) […]