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Planning commission to decide on GAA housing plan for Cork city site
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (692+ words) Computer-generated image of the housing estate plan by Cork County GAA Board at Kilbarry adjacent to Delanys GAA Club grounds. The planning commission has been tasked once again with deciding on an ambitious housing plan by the Cork County GAA…...
Preliminary business case for long-awaited Cork event centre approved
1+ week, 1+ day ago (420+ words) The sod for the centre was turned at the former Beamish & Crawford site by then taoiseach Enda Kenny in February 2016. However, the project has been stalled since then. Picture: Chani Anderson. A preliminary business case for Cork's long-awaited event centre…...
Orb'n defeat is hugely significant for Hungary, says Cork-based professor
1+ week, 1+ day ago (479+ words) Arpad Szakolczai, emeritus professor of Sociology, University College Cork said the ousting of Victor Orb'n was a hugely significant day for Hungary. A Hungarian professor at University College Cork (UCC) has said the end of the 16-year rule of Viktor…...
Iran war 'one of the biggest American strategic failures in history', says Cork military expert
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (429+ words) A Cork expert on American military history feels that the war between the US/Israel and Iran is turning into "one of the biggest American strategic failures in history." David Fitzgerald, a senior lecturer in the school of history at…...
Protesters call off blockade at Whitegate oil refinery
1+ week, 3+ day ago (336+ words) A truck with tipping trailer raised at the Irving Oil refinery blockade at Whitegate, Co Cork. The blockade of the oil refinery has now ceased and protesters have withdrawn. Picture: Larry Cummins Protesters called off the Whitegate oil refinery blockade…...
Fuel protest "cleared" from O'Connell Street as Cabinet prepares for emergency meeting
1+ week, 3+ day ago (938+ words) Around 20 large vehicles and tractors remain on O'Connell Street and the quays in Dublin following a major police operation to clear the blockade in the early hours of Sunday. Steel barriers have been erected on surrounding roads to prevent further…...
Plans lodged for 452 homes in Cork town
1+ week, 3+ day ago (331+ words) Moira Murrell, Joe Carroll, Miche'l Martin and John Slattery at the official opening in 2024 of the "11. 7m infrastructure project at Water'Rock near Midleton. File picture: Michael O'Sullivan Plans for an ambitious housing project spanning more than 450 homes have been lodged with…...
Garda" restore access to Whitegate refinery after pushing back protesters
1+ week, 3+ day ago (399+ words) Gardai faced protesters forming a chain of locked arms on the main road of the village. Extra Gardai have arrived at Whitegate Oil Refinery this morning as fuel protesters continue their blockade of the refinery on at 11: 40am on Saturday morning....
Cork council is working on Glanmire homes idle for 18 years
1+ week, 3+ day ago (393+ words) The three vacant properties at Copper Valley Heights in Riverstown have been vacant for 18 years. The floors had not been finished, and work was required to bring them up to a standard in order for them to be lived in....
Water cannon arrives in Cork city amid protests at Whitegate oil refinery and fuel depots
1+ week, 4+ day ago (297+ words) Fuel protests continued at Irving Oil Refinery at Whitegate, Co Cork on Friday as protesters blocked access to the refinery. Picture: Larry Cummins Garda commissioner Justin Kelly has declared a "national exceptional event" over the fuel protests and is deploying…...