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<p>Gillian Hawthorne, Dede O Donovan and Ciara Hawthorne at the protest. Picture: Larry Cummins </p>

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Missed appointments and late for work: Anger over unreliable Cork city bus service

One woman said a late bus caused her to miss a hospital appointment that she had been waiting to attend for six months.

<p>Canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, can be legally purchased as it has a legitimate use in the catering industry, but Revenue has the power to seize it where there are reasonable grounds to believe it is being imported with the intention of using it for illegitimate purposes. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire</p>

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Over 46,000 canisters of potentially lethal laughing gas seized so far this year

<p>Helen McEntee's arrival in the city to launch a victim support service was soundtracked by the ominous sound of the Garda helicopter hovering over Cork's northside amid growing tensions. Picture: Brendan Gleeson/PA</p>

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Guns and grenades on the northside bring scenes of horror to innocent people in Cork

CC SINN FEIN

munster

No new social homes for Cork City and county in first three months of year

First homes on St Kevin's Hospital site to be delivered next year

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First homes on St Kevin's Hospital site to be delivered next year

Cork City Council owed almost €5m from landowners

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Cork City Council owed almost €5m from landowners

Housing stock

More than 15,000 bids for 75 social homes in Cork in two months

On average, more than 200 bids are made on each property on Cork City Council's CBL (choice-based letting) system

Thu, 02 May, 2024

Rishi Sunak visit to Poland and Germany

Irish Examiner view: Bad week for Anglo-Irish relations

Micheál Martin said he believes that the high percentage of asylum seekers now entering Ireland from Northern Ireland is a result of the Rwanda strategy being pursued by Britain

Thu, 02 May, 2024

Bus Éireann fined over €5.7m for service issues

Bus Éireann fined over €5.7m for service issues

The bus operator paid out €1.5m in fines last year, with just over €1m of this due to its failure to meet punctuality standards

Mon, 11 Mar, 2024

Investigations ongoing into 'youth rampage' in northside of Cork City

Investigations ongoing into 'youth rampage' in northside of Cork City

Youths had reportedly gathered for an anniversary commemoration for a young man who died tragically before the mayhem erupted in Knocknaheeny after 7pm

Thu, 22 Feb, 2024

More than 1,100 social homes stuck in planning system since Government came to power

More than 1,100 social homes stuck in planning system since Government came to power

When the Government came to power in June 2020, some 23,600 social homes were in the planning pipeline but 1,150 have never progressed

Fri, 19 Jan, 2024

Paul Hosford: TDs go back to the future as new Dáil term begins

Paul Hosford: TDs go back to the future as new Dáil term begins

A Fine Gael vs Sinn Féin skirmish? Check. House suspended? Check. Going by its first day back, the 33rd Dáil's last full year looks remarkably like last year really

Wed, 17 Jan, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Cork housing figures a reminder of current crisis

Irish Examiner view: Cork housing figures a reminder of current crisis

Yesterday in these pages, Paul Hosford reported on a statistic regarding public housing in this country — namely, more than 1,100 social houses in Cork City are currently stalled at various stages of the planning process.

Fri, 05 Jan, 2024

Sinn Féin TD's wife to run for Cork City Council

Sinn Féin TD's wife to run for Cork City Council

Michelle Gould is prominent in local GAA circles and has served in various roles for Sinn Féin locally

Thu, 04 Jan, 2024

More than 1,100 Cork City social houses stalled in planning process

More than 1,100 Cork City social houses stalled in planning process

Department of Housing rejects lack of staff and resources claim

Thu, 04 Jan, 2024

Sinn Fein launch alternative health budget

Cork TD warns that people are taking their own lives 'due to drug-debt intimidation'

Thomas Gould says he knows of three young men who died by suicide after being intimidated by drug dealers

Sat, 30 Dec, 2023

File Photo Former Labour Court chairman Kevin Duffy has described the recent threatened garda strike as tantamount to a mutiny.

Cork homes 'petrol-bombed' in suspected drug-related intimidation cases

Emboldened by links to Dublin counterparts, Cork gangs have 'become more brazen' as TD warns: 'It’s gone to a different level'

Sun, 17 Dec, 2023

CC SINN FEIN

Dáil told rat-infested Cork flats need a full regeneration

Local TDs said cosmetic works will not be enough to fix the myriad problems in the apartments

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

Macro of oxycodone opioid tablets with prescription bottles against dark background

Call for provision of naloxone to help opioid addicts

A drug to treat people who have overdosed on opioids has been administered almost 90 times since the start of this year.

Fri, 16 Jun, 2023

Over 1,600 applications to vacant property scheme

Over 1,600 applications to vacant property scheme

Up to 1,600 applications have been received for the Croí Conaithe vacant property grant scheme, according to the Minister for Housing.

Tue, 25 Apr, 2023

Revealed: 300,000 motorists still waiting for NCT; 40,000 in Cork alone

Revealed: 300,000 motorists still waiting for NCT; 40,000 in Cork alone

Nationwide, around 1.5m cars are due to be tested this year but some 300,000 motorists are waiting for an appointment

Mon, 17 Apr, 2023

Concerns over timeframe for tenant-in-situ purchases

Concerns over timeframe for tenant-in-situ purchases

Oireachtas housing committee hears it takes an average of four months for local authorities to acquire a property under the scheme

Tue, 21 Mar, 2023

Youths 'terrorising' areas of Cork City with antisocial behaviour

Youths 'terrorising' areas of Cork City with antisocial behaviour

Sinn Féin TD Thomas Gould said that one of these mass gatherings involved a violent assault, and another involved a serious bike accident

Tue, 21 Mar, 2023

Drugs Illustration

Citizens' assembly on liberalising Ireland's drug laws 'will be a difficult debate'

Assembly will hold its first meeting in April and will conclude its work this year

Tue, 21 Feb, 2023

Southeast homeless services group has not met for over three years

Southeast homeless services group has not met for over three years

A high-level group responsible for homeless services across five counties has not met for more than three years it has been revealed. The South East Regional Homeless Forum last met in late 2019.

Tue, 24 Jan, 2023

Waiting lists for children needing eye tests in Cork and Kerry 'shocking'

Waiting lists for children needing eye tests in Cork and Kerry 'shocking'

Some 989 children in Cork are waiting over a year for eye tests with consultants — "that’s 45% of all the children waiting nationally," says FODO Ireland chairman Garvan Mulligan.

Sun, 15 Jan, 2023

Racial discrimination study

Irish Examiner view: Cynics can point to lack of action on homelessness

Has an entire year been lost in tackling the most pressing social problem in Ireland?

Fri, 16 Dec, 2022

CC EAMON RYAN

Tax on private jets landing in Ireland not ruled out by Eamon Ryan

The most recent from 2019, show that 9,000 private jets flew into Irish airports, equating to 16 jets a day — or one every hour and a half

Wed, 07 Dec, 2022

Fires in Cork's vacant buildings: 'Only matter of time before lives are lost'

Fires in Cork's vacant buildings: 'Only matter of time before lives are lost'

Spate of blazes across city has prompted calls for owners of the properties to be billed for their rescue, as well as better security measures

Mon, 05 Dec, 2022

Butchers Block Close Shop in Blackpool, Cork

Butcher's Block redundancies 'cold, clumsy, and lacked compassion'

Varadkar assures affected workers Government is there to help and says they will get redundancy payments

Thu, 24 Nov, 2022

HSE spends €7m on healthcare outside of State in first six months of this year

HSE spends €7m on healthcare outside of State in first six months of this year

5,000-plus patients were reimbursed under the EU's Cross-Border Healthcare Directive and the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme

Sun, 23 Oct, 2022

DENIS SCANNELL

Rental market is 'dysfunctional', say property owners

There have been too many legislative changes in the “dysfunctional” private rental sector since 2009, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

Tue, 20 Sep, 2022

Cork protest hears of panic over soaring costs

Cork protest hears of panic over soaring costs

Surging fuel prices and back-to-school costs are causing grave concern to families, say people taking part in Monday's protest

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Northside communities to meet amid opposition to Cork BusConnects plan

Northside communities to meet amid opposition to Cork BusConnects plan

Residents in Harbour View Rd were among those sent letters from the NTA advising that a route "may" impact on their properties.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2022

Brexit

Coveney rules out passport printer for Cork office

Foreign affairs minister says demand for passports is decreasing and 'turnaround times are not being delayed predominantly because of printing'

Sun, 26 Jun, 2022

CC LEINSTER HOUSE

TD: Under-resourcing of garda drug units allowed 'up and coming' dealers get established

Thomas Gould says cutbacks allowed small-time dealers to flourish as new figures show drug units still have 49 fewer personnel than in 2010

Mon, 06 Jun, 2022

New Year alcohol withdrawal symptoms

Service for addicts to accept first admissions in Cork at end of year after delays

A €1m drug and alcohol stabilisation service for the south of the country is expected to take in its first admissions at the end of this year — more than a year after it was set to open.

Fri, 27 May, 2022

Politicians attending bookmaker-hosted event 'doesn't help' ahead of gambling law reform

Politicians attending bookmaker-hosted event 'doesn't help' ahead of gambling law reform

The April event comes as Government prepares to enact new gambling legislation — first mooted almost a decade ago — to bring Ireland’s gambling laws into the 21st century

Thu, 26 May, 2022

An Bord Pleanala / Cobblestone

Irish public 'does not have the confidence they should have in planning process'

The Irish public “does not have the confidence they should have in the planning process”, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Thu, 26 May, 2022

Michael Moynihan: A neglected northside puts Cork at risk of becoming a divided city

Michael Moynihan: A neglected northside puts Cork at risk of becoming a divided city

The prevalence of dereliction all over the city, but particularly on the northside, is a relatively recent marker of division, or second-class status

Thu, 07 Apr, 2022

'He had six words, they're gone': Three-year therapy wait for little Killian

'He had six words, they're gone': Three-year therapy wait for little Killian

'With the OT, he could walk up and down the stairs, use building blocks, and all that's gone.'

Sat, 20 Nov, 2021

Patient had to wait three hours for ambulance in Cork

Patient had to wait three hours for ambulance in Cork

A local TD had called the dispatch personally on behalf of the family, to be told that there was “no ambulance in Cork County at the time”

Wed, 27 Oct, 2021

Grieving relatives face added trauma due to shortage of staff at Cork Coroners' Court

Grieving relatives face added trauma due to shortage of staff at Cork Coroners' Court

TDs renew call for extra staff to be hired as Andrew Gearns' family are told inquest into his death last year may not occur until 2022

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021

Cahirmee horse fair

Former Cork prison site being considered for housing potential

Lying idle for five years, the former jail on the northside of Cork City could become a site for new homes

Mon, 31 May, 2021

Cork to benefit from a €45m 'game-changing' investment in walking and cycling projects

Cork to benefit from a €45m 'game-changing' investment in walking and cycling projects

A €45m investment in dozens of walking and cycling projects in Cork has been described as the true start of a “game-changing” transport plan for the city region.

Thu, 11 Feb, 2021

Residents of Cork's northside criticise continued closure of Southdoc Blackpool

Residents of Cork's northside criticise continued closure of Southdoc Blackpool

Southdoc says that it had no complaints relating to clinical care last year, and that sick or injured patients are seen either at the southside centre, or at their homes.

Wed, 03 Feb, 2021

CC LEINSTER HOUSE

Cork Fine Gael TD defends criticism of government's travel advice

Colm Burke said he is 'not prepared' to keep his mouth shut on the 'confusing and contradictory' travel advice

Mon, 19 Oct, 2020

Debenhams workers 'betrayed' by liquidators as first van arrives at store

Debenhams workers 'betrayed' by liquidators as first van arrives at store

KPG apologises for 'logistical error' as workers were meant to receive prior notice

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

New motorsport centre in Cork 'could save lives'

New motorsport centre in Cork 'could save lives'

Building a motorsport centre in Cork to divert youths from dangerous driving on public roads could save lives, a TD has said.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

'This is as bad as I've ever seen': Anti-social behaviour escalates in Cork neighbourhood of The Glen

'This is as bad as I've ever seen': Anti-social behaviour escalates in Cork neighbourhood of The Glen

A long time resident of The Glen on Cork's northside pleaded for local authority intervention as fly tipping and anti-social behaviour escalates in a trouble spot in one of the estates in the area.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020