Councillor calls for more Juvenile hostels
Councillor Noel Collins called on Cork County Council to urge the Government to make more funding available for the...
Category: Politics
East Cork Needs A Rent Review
Housing shortages, inadequate rent supplements and rising rents are all adding to our homeless problem. Currently there is a...
Cast off the blue shirt and put on the red jersey
The local property tax debate was relived in the Cork County Council chamber last Tuesday 28 October. On...
One women’s nightmare at Bessborough and her search for her son
At the age of 17 and a half Joan McDermott entered Bessborough 3 months pregnant, in last week’s paper...
Councillors have their hands tied
Municipalities throughout East Cork met last week to discuss a community grants package for 2015. Under new legalisation the...
Safety measures for killeagh
Councillor Aaron O’Sullivan called for a number of safety measures to be implemented in Killeagh Village at An East...
Budget 2014
It’s being billed by the government as the first anti austerity budget in over a decade. The opposition will...
Midleton students set down national challenge
The students of St. Colman’s College in Midleton have set down a challenge to every school in the...
One rule for teachers another for nurses but who will pay the bill
Over 60,000 of the country’s nurses and midwifes are getting set to march on the annual Nursing and Midwifery...
The real cost of Irish Water
More hardship could be on the way for East Cork. Irish Water began their metering programme on 1 October....