Her Excellency Dr.Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid was warmly welcomed by the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Dan Boyle. Ambassador signed the visitors’ book of the Cork City Council then briefed the council about the current situation and human catastrophe in Gaza and the rest of the Occupied

For #Budget25 Government had an extra €14 billion that could be spent on: 🏡 Building homes 🌍️ Protect our planet 🩺 Fix our health system Instead Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil delivered a budget devoid of ambition or vision for our country. It's time to build better together.

Have just landed in Cork to join the lunchtime protest here at CUH. A survey of almost 4000 Fórsa trade union members working in the HSE was unequivocal in its results #ServicesAreSuffering because of this new recruitment cap (also known as Pay & Numbers)

Every single member I spoke to at the CUH protest today talked about how #ServicesAreSuffering due to the HSE Pay and Numbers Strategy which they all know is a recruitment cap by another name. Maternity leaves left vacant. Retirements not replaced. It's not good enough.

Solidarity with union members across SIPTU Health Division #JoinAUnion Fórsa trade union Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation out today on lunchtime protest - HSE must backfill the recruitment vacancies so safe staffing is a reality The Labour Party Laura Harmon Cllr. John Maher Cllr Eoghan Kenny Evie Uí Cnáimhín (sí/í) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸

The HSE has left our members in Cork University Hospital with no other option but to protest for the safety of their patients and their colleagues. It is time for the HSE to remove barriers to recruiting safe numbers of healthcare staff. 🔴⚪️✊

🌹 Today, our Health Spokesperson, Duncan Smith TD, brought up dispensing fee negotiations with the Minister for Health. 💶 It is important that any negotiations to increase the dispensing fees for pharmacies are done with respect to the expectations of the Irish Pharmacy Union.

Cork-based anti-dereliction campaigner Frank O'Connor said Budget 2025 was a “missed opportunity to transfer the responsibility of dereliction levy collection to the Revenue department” 🧵#DerelictIreland 1/ "Government's housing ambitions are lacking" echolive.ie/corknews/arid-…

You can take the girl out of Cork 🤣 Thanks to EchoLive.ie for recognising the struggle of Fórsa trade union members in CUH and beyond who have been working under an Embargo for a year now. #ServicesAreSuffering

⁦RTÉ Nationwide⁩ ⁦UCC Ireland⁩ ⁦Pure Cork⁩ ⁦Cork City Council⁩ Meet Don O’Leary, tireless campaigner for young people. From his republican roots in Cork, his time as director of the Life Centre, a life dedicated to helping young people.

#Budget25 is completely devoid of vision and ambition. 💰️ This budget was an opportunity to improve public services and provide for the people of Ireland today and in the future. Instead the Government have used a windfall to pay off the Irish public with their own money.

The highlight of a #Thriveabetes conference is always meeting others 💙 Blessed with Diabuddies from all over Ireland 🫶 #Iredoc #Nidoc #Thriveabetes2024

New paintings inspired by the Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire - Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill's lament for her slain lover, Art O'Leary, who is buried in Kilcrea Friary. One of the most famous poems of the 18th century. Painted at Healy's Post Office in Ballincollig.

An interesting article in the Irish Times this morning on why political parties in Ireland find it difficult to encourage women to enter politics. However the article fails to mention an outstanding candidate running for The Labour Party in Cork South Central: Laura Harmon Laura Harmon #1

#CorkFloods The North Ring Road is blocked currently as emergency services deal with flooding.

Marched again today in the rain with the people of Cork against the continued war crimes that Netanyahu continues to perpetrate. Our The Labour Party motion to condemn the invasion of Lebanon and to ban BiBi and his allies from Cork will go to the next meeting of Cork City Council

#CorkFloods Flooding on the Commons Road near Dino's, Blackpool.

We have secured our new home.Cork city councillors will now ratify it and the work will begin to build the first Rainbow Club Centre in Cork.The future is bright for our young people and a safe haven for our neurodivergent community 🌈EchoLive.ie Fergus Finlay Bernard Gloster