Since the enactment of the Data Protection Act, 1988, and with GDPR coming on-stream from 25th May 2018, the legal obligations and requirements to safeguard personal data have grown. Responsibility covers all functions associated with personal data gathering, storing, accessing, safeguarding and disposal in line with the rules of data protection legislation. Failure to comply can lead to…
The Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) foundation UK and Ireland, with the support of Cork City Hall are encouraging the nation of Ireland to turn purple to celebrate CdLS Awareness day on Saturday, May 12th, to help raise awareness about the very rare genetic disorder that affects just 40 people in Ireland. From Left: Fiona…
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has welcomed the increased funding announced in Housing Adaption Grants for Older People with a disability. Cork City has been allocated €1.4 million for the grants this year, a 24% increase on 2017. The council will contribute a further 20% to the fund bringing the total pot to over €1.75 million. The…
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., announced today that a Project Team to run the new Freshwater Pearl Mussel Programme has been selected. The programme is one of a number of European Innovation Partnership (EIP) projects being rolled out by the Department under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. Two of…
Almost 600 Transition Year students from 30 schools from around Cork county and city came together in the Radisson Blu, Little Ireland on May 1st for the first ever ‘Teen Talk’ health and wellbeing conference organised by Cork County Council, in association with their Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) and funded under Healthy Ireland. MC…
[envira-gallery id=”17993″] Photography by: Darragh Kane
US Senator, Dianne Feinstein will be presented with a Civic Award from the City of Cork in San Francisco this Friday May 4th for her work in establishing and nurturing the Cork-San Francisco twinning relationship. Just last month, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald led a 60-strong delegation to the US city. Amongst…
CORK City Hall will light up green this week to mark the beginning of the Green Ribbon campaign in Cork. The Green Ribbon Campaign aims to get people talking openly about common mental health problems, encouraging everyone to talk, listen and end mental health stigma. Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Fergal Dennehy is among tens of…
The Flagship of MSC Cruises and the largest Cruise ship to ever visit Cork will arrive in the Harbour town of Cobh on Sunday 6th May. Carrying 5700 guests and with a gross tonnage of 167,600 tonnes, the MSC Meraviglia is the largest but not the longest Cruise ship to berth in Cobh, exceeding the weight of Independence…
On Sunday 6th May, the tragedy of the sinking of the Lusitania will be commemorated in Cobh. It is almost 103 years since the Lusitania slipped below the waves off the Old Head of Kinsale, just 18 minutes after being struck by a torpedo from a German U-boat. The ceremony will commence in the Old…