David Forsythe
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Bantry flood relief scheme moving to planning phase (opens the original)
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Bantry’s €40m flood relief scheme is due to move into planning in the final months of the year, as councillors warned that the town cannot face another winter without progress. The main Bantry flood relief scheme has reached the end of its development stage, with a preferred option now identified. Brendan Meagher, acting county engineer, told a meeting of Cork County Council’s Western Division that stage two — the confirmation and planning process — would begin in the fourth quarter of 2026. The
Cork councillors warn hike in timber recycling charges could lead to dumping (opens the original)
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Cork County Council has been warned that a sharp increase in timber-recycling charges could lead people to burn or illegally dump waste wood. The price has risen from €170 to €550 a tonne as timber recycling resumes at the council’s Civic Amenity Sites on October 1. Independent Ireland councillor Danny Collins described the new charges as “extravagant”. He told a recent meeting of the council’s Western Division that a local kitchen fitter was already facing higher costs across the board and woul
ETB tutors get two weeks’ notice of cut to their hours (opens the original)
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Tutors have been given as little as two weeks’ notice that their hours are being cut as Education and Training Board courses are deferred until 2027, Cork County Council has heard. Social Democrats councillor Isobel Towse said the cuts affect more than English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programmes. She said tutors and adult educators with the Education and Training Board (ETB) had received letters stating that courses would be deferred because of budget constraints. “There’s a fear t
The cases are still coming — but West Cork solicitors say they cannot finish them (opens the original)
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Myra Dinneen is still going to court. So are the solicitors who do much of the criminal legal aid work in West Cork, but few cases are being finalised. “The longer it goes on, the more the system is going to be backed up,” says Ms Dinneen, president of the West Cork Bar Association and a solicitor in Bandon. Cases are still being called in District 18, which covers Bandon, Bantry, Clonakilty, Macroom, and Skibbereen. Solicitors have continued to attend out of respect for the court, but many crim
Cork County Council assessing potential for dredging Kinsale Harbour (opens the original)
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Cork County Council is assessing the environmental surveys, licensing and potential timeline for dredging Kinsale Harbour, with an update expected within six weeks. The move comes after the issue was again raised at a recent Western Division meeting by Social Democrats councillor Ann Bambury, who has warned that silting at Kinsale Yacht Club (KYC) Marina is affecting access, safety, sailing and tourism. Independent councillor Alan Coleman also raised the difficulty of progressing dredging projec
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