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Louise Jordan: A long-time activist, but a first-time candidate in the local elections
"What the hell are you doing putting yourself forward? It’s because I see things around the city that I’d like to get done."
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Pádraig O' Connor
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At Civic Trust House, a home for artists, culture and community
It's one of the architectural gems on Pope's Quay. It's also a vital home for artists and a host of cultural organisations including the Choral, Folk…
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JJ O'Donoghue
21 and running for City Council
Local election candidate Rachel Hurley Roche is campaigning for a shift away from old-school parish politics. She believes that we need to think…
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Pádraig O' Connor
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March 2024

Event Centre FOI request refused
A Labour Party candidate for the local elections has been denied access to 219 pages of documents relating to funding for the Event Centre following an…
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A Palestinian solidarity movement that started on a footbridge
What began with one small group in Ballincollig has inspired others to start their own events and now there are bridge protests starting to pop up in…
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Pádraig O' Connor
Groundwater at Cork Airport contaminated with 'forever chemicals'
In 2021, five households near the airport were advised to stop using well water as a precaution and were switched to mains water. Cork Airport continues…
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JJ O'Donoghue
UCC staff and students stage walkout in show of solidarity with Palestine
Students demanded the University make an official statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in war-torn Gaza as well as a review of all academic…
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Pádraig O' Connor
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Report card: What the inaugural Walking and Cycling Index says about active travel in Cork?
The NTA's survey of all things active travel in Cork is a good snapshot of where we're at and the distance we have to travel to build a cycle, walk and…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Students fight back as UCC degree course hangs in the balance
Students at the university have started a petition to save a degree in International Development offered by the college's Business School.
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Pádraig O' Connor
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February 2024

Can a tool that tracks cycle collisions combat climate change?
Yes, thinks the brains behind Collision Tracker which launched this week and will be used by Dublin Inquirer, Irish Cycle and Tripe + Drisheen to build…
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JJ O'Donoghue
Cork City Councillors to vote on motion to rescind request for funding of Event Centre
Eight years on the Event Centre has not progressed beyond the infamous sod turning photo opportunity featuring Minister Simon Coveney. Tonight's City…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Council watch: Notes from February's all-council meeting
City Councillors voted to adopt the Climate Action Plan in last night's monthly meeting. The local authority is also going it alone in staging this…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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