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Cork County Council achieves 65% rating with no limited rating result

Cork County Council has been granted over €17.9 million in funding in respect of 3 rural regeneration projects in the towns of Bandon, Charleville and Macroom. The money will be used to rejuvenate the town centres, combat dereliction and drive economic growth. The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced €115 million for 23 projects across the country under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund (RRDF).

The Cork and Kerry Inter-Agency Major Emergency Management Region South is asking everyone to be ‘Winter Ready’ for 2022.

Cork County Council and MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine at University College Cork (UCC), have agreed a pioneering partnership that will see the entire coast of Cork assessed and mapped for coastal erosion.

Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil brings you the story of the River Blackwater, An Abhainn Mhór na Mumhan. Following in the footsteps of Annroai O’ Liathain and using his book Cois Móire as a travel guide, Diarmuid will travel this spine of river, from its source near the breast of the Goddess Danú in Kerry, into Mallow, Fermoy, onto Lismore, Cappoquin and finally its mouth at the sea in Youghal.

The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Danny Collins, is proud to confirm the official opening of the Macroom Bypass section of N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom new Dual Carriageway will take place on December 9th.

Landowners have until January 1st, 2023, to check map and make a submission

When it comes to making sustainable changes to help reduce carbon footprint, one small change may feel somewhat insignificant to some, but when these changes are embraced by society, the combined results are staggering.

The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Danny Collins and the Chief Executive of Cork County Council Tim Lucey have warmly congratulated all the volunteers and tidy towns champions who have make Cork County one of the biggest winners at this year’s Tidy Towns event.

The new M28 motorway linking Rochestown with Ringaskiddy will move another step closer with the start of the second phase of preparatory works. 

Bandon Library has launched a new addition to its service that will enable borrowers to access the library outside of the usual hours of operation.  ‘My Open Library’ offers extended opening hours to library members on a self-service basis outside of normal opening hours, seven days per week, from 8:00am to 10:00pm, 365 days per year.