Cork Volunteer Centre will be running a Volunteer Management Training Course over two days, February 24th and March 2nd in our office at 13 North Main Street, Cork City. The course consists of four modules: Module 1: Planning for Volunteer Involvement Module 2: Volunteer Recruitment and Selection Module 3: Day-to-day Management…
Read MoreMinister Varadkar and the Chief Nursing Officer Dr Siobhan O’Halloran yesterday launched a radical new approach to nurse staffing levels in hospitals, designed to put patient needs first,. · The €2 million pilot project in three hospitals ranging in size from small-scale to large-scale will end the practice of calculating…
Read More· The Minister for Jobs, Richard Burton, TD together with the Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, TD announced details of a €28 million investment in research equipment and facilities through Science Foundation Ireland. · A total of 21 exemplary research projects will be supported in sectors including…
Read MoreFines ( Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 commences:· The Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD has commenced the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 marking an historic day for the fines payment system in Ireland. · This delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce attachment of…
Read MoreCork County Councils 2016 Funding Scheme are being launched today. Queries on the schemes can be addressed to the following staff members: Amenity Fund: Niamh Kearney, Niamh.kearney@corkcoco.ie 4285157 Capital Fund: Eileen O’ Leary, Eileen.oleary@ciorkcoco.ie 4285315 Community Contract: Sarah O’ Sullivan Sarah.osullivan@corkcoco.ie 4285116 The forms should be available for download later…
Read MoreCork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team convened a number of times today in line with weather forecasts for the weekend ahead. At this time, there is a Code Level Orange Weather Warning from Met Eireann in effect. Prolonged falls of heavy rain are expected overnight Friday and Saturday with…
Read MoreAre you involved in a community & voluntary group, social inclusion group, or environmental interest group based in Cork County? If so, you can register your group with Cork County Public Participation Network (or PPN). The PPN is a network of community organisations with a common interest in representing the…
Read More· The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill published by Min. Varadkar today, treats alcohol misuse as a public health issue for the first time by tackling price, availability, marketing, advertising, and labelling. · It aims to reduce the damage that alcohol causes to individuals and to society.
Read More· The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney T.D. today announced details of the direct aid package for the dairy and pig sectors of €27.4m. · This compromises of €13.7m of EU funding and the remaining around of €13.7m matching national funding. The payment will be…
Read MoreRegister of Lobbying comes into effect today. Further details of what it entails can be viewed at the following: https://www.lobbying.ie/media/2215/regulation-of-lobbying-planning-guidelines-23062015.pdf The key objective in introducing a register of lobbying is to make information available to the public on the identity of those who are communicating with Government and senior civil…
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