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Cork City Council's Derelict Sites Register hits 147 sites in final quarter of 2023
The City Council levied derelict sites owners with a bill of €1.1m for 2023. It's collected just over €100k according to data released this week.
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JJ O'Donoghue
No Cork City or County Council staff or councillors went on NTA-funded cycle study trips in 2023
Meanwhile, staffers and councillors from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Westmeath took multiple study trips to cities such as Utrecht where cycling culture…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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The Friday View 01/12
December is here, MacCurtain Street is two-way, and festivals are falling like flies...in December.
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
November 2023
Work to get underway in Docklands as over 1,000 new homes to be built next to Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Glenveagh Homes moves a step closer to starting work on the transformation of the Docklands into a residential area. Aiken Promotions has yet to…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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The Friday View 24/11
Rethinking the royal connection, a change in tack in dealing with the far right in Ireland, MacCurtain Street festivities this weekend, and Cork city…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Theatre review: 'Snug' brings theatre to the pub
John McCarthy's sparse and intimate musical unfolds in two of Cork city's best-loved pubs writes Pádraig O’ Connor.
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The Friday View 17/11
Reports, reports, reports. Plus, library stats, swift boxes, the city's budget is passed, a charity music quiz for Cork music heads and which Cllr said…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
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Students who make art, make an art show
The 'Paul St' collective is taking over The Roundy for a special exhibition for one night only next week. Pádraig O’Connor caught up with the five art…
The Friday View 10/11
BusConnects is back - it never went away. Cork County Council has some Qs to answer about its storm preparedness and the Firemen's Rest is on its way…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Making sense of Cork City Council's 185-page 'robotrees' report
This week the City Council finally released their report into the €350k moss walls installed during the pandemic. Tripe + Drisheen looks at the report.
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JJ O'Donoghue
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The Friday View 03/11
A new greenway opens, a junket to Shanghai, a bypass complete and music fundraisers for Palestine. It's the Friday View.
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
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Cork County Council's Acting Chief Executive Twitter/X account 'compromised'
Cork County Council confirmed to T+D that Valerie O'Sullivan's X account was 'compromised'. Many of the 'likes' on the account were for posts about…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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