Dunphy, O Hailpin and O’Riordan confirmed for Sinn Fein Summer School In Baile Bhuirne

June 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Mills Inn. Pic: Google

The Mills Inn. Pic: Google

THE Sinn Fein Summer School returns again to The Mills Inn Baile Bhuirne this year with a very impressive line up of contributors for the event on June 28th and 29th.A large crowd from around the country and abroad will again make the annual trip to the Gaeltacht area of West Cork with the likes of Eamon Dunphy, Sean Og O Hailpin and disability campaigner Joanne O Riordan just a few of those confirmed to speak alongside household names in the political world such as Mary Lou McDonald and Pierce Doherty.

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Strategic investment fund welcomed

June 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy

LABOUR TD for Cork South West, Michael McCarthy, has welcomed the announcement of the establishment of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), which will see the winding up of the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF), and the €6.4 billion it contains used for commercial investment in Ireland.

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McCarthy welcomes launch of autism database

June 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy

LOCAL Labour TD Michael McCarthy, has welcomed the launch of a new autism database at NUI Galway yesterday, the first of its kind in Ireland.

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Phil O’Regan is new Clon mayor

June 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
New mayor - Phil O'Regan

New mayor – Phil O’Regan

COUNCILLOR Phil O’Regan was elected as the new mayor of Clonakilty at the town Council’s AGM.

 

Phil O’Regan’s deputy will be Ann Cullinane.

 

She is likely to be the last mayor of Clonakilty as all of the country’s 82 town councils are facing abolition at next year’s local elections.

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O’Donovan seeks assurances about Bantry Oil Storage Facility

June 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Denis O'Donovan

Denis O’Donovan

FIANNA Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan has raised concerns about the proposed sale of the Bantry Oil Storage Facility by its multi-national owners Phillips 66.

 

Senator O’Donovan said, “The Bantry facility, which has a storage capacity of 7.5 million tonnes, is considered one of the best fuel storage facilities in Europe following significant investment over the past 15 years. It holds a large portion of this country’s national oil reserve and is of strategic importance to Ireland in terms of energy policy.

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Boundary changes an attack on West Cork democracy

June 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Denis O'Donovan

Denis O’Donovan

THE redrawn local election boundaries recently announced by Minister Phil Hogan will result in “a massive deprivation of representation” for people in West Cork, that’s according to local Fianna Fáil senator Denis O’Donovan.

 

The changes will see West Cork’s four electoral areas (Bantry, Bandon, Macroom and Skibbereen) replaced by a new West Cork area which runs from Beara to Courtmacsherry, a new Bandon and Kinsale area and a news Macroom area that will now also include Blarney.

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We wont go quietly!

June 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin addresses the meeting as Jim Daly takes notes.

Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin addresses the meeting as Jim Daly takes notes.

Clon set to hold referendum on future of town council

 

CLONAKILTY is set to become the first town in the country to hold a full-scale referendum on whether or not local people want to retain their local town council.

 

The move came following a packed meeting in O’Donovan’s Hotel in the town on Tuesday night chaired by the current town mayor, Cllr Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin.

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Review of fiscal terms for oil and gas production welcomed

May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

FINE Gael Cork South West Deputy, Noel Harrington, has welcomed the commitment by the Minister Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte TD, to undertake a review of the fiscal terms for oil and gas production, saying this could go a considerable way to increasing the confidence of the oil and gas exploration industry and attract future investment in Ireland.

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In Pictures -Fianna Fáil leader pays visit to Bandon

May 14, 2013 By 1 Comment
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Kerry councillors urged to back retention of South Kerry Development Partnership

May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Phil Hogan.

Phil Hogan.

by Stephen Johnson

 

A PUBLIC meeting in Killorglin on Thursday, May 2, called on Kerry County Councillors to vote in favour of a motion backing retention of the South Kerry Development Partnership (SKPD) at the next Council meeting.

 

 

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