I refer to the speculation in the media of Wednesday of this week wherein it was strongly suggested that the Irish Open would be secured for Cork on the 19th-22nd June, 2014 at Fota Island and Golf Resort.
Many trees have fallen on public roads during the heavy storms and many more trees have been dislodged and are in a dangerous condition. Cork County Council is appealing to landowners to check their roadside boundaries for trees that may have become dislodged but have not yet fallen. Such an incident occurred…
Due to the numerous representations in relation to the very bad section of roadway between Foxwood and Fort Hill I contacted the Engineers in charge of the project to query if they could resurface in this section before doing other works on the project. The Engineer has now given me…
While the foregoing is welcome, in my experience the real issues which affect people on the ground are 1. developers who delay fulfilling their planning by continually re submitting revised applications for the original planning and therefore delay delivering on their obligations. 2 In the planning act there is provision…
Cork County Council are continuing to in the development of a Sustainable Transport Strategy for the N28 Corridor. The first stage of this process is to undertake an update of the CASP transport model to extend along the N28 corridor. The N28 is heavily used by commuters to the major…
A Policy Group meeting will be held at 2.00pm on 13th May 2013 to discuss a report that has been completed on the 3rd Public Consultation for the DLUTS Project which took place over 2 days in the Rochestown Park Hotel on 29th & 30th January 2013. Following the exhibition,…
Great to see this project completed next up will be Maryborough Woods Entrance to Paddocks still pushing for Maryborough Ridge will post re this later!
Today we received a copy of the County Manager’s Report prepared under Section 11 of the Planning and Development Act concerning the review of the County Development Plan. The report sets out the County Manager’s opinion and recommendations on the submissions received following the initial period of public consultation that…
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today announced the release of €90 million funding for the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. He said “I am pleased to announce that following a thorough examination of project activity at all stages in the Local Development…