Glounthaune

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Residents at the direct provision centre in Glounthaune, Co Cork, claim most meals are being thrown away ‘due to the low standard’ and accused the centre of serving burned food and using old oil for cooking. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Cork direct provision residents refuse meals over ‘low standard’

A group of direct provision residents in Co Cork have started refusing to eat meals prepared in the centre, saying the food is not nutritious enough f(...)

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan: “Can we get a whole generation of young people and pay them better to look after our land?” Photograph: Alan Betson
Eamon Ryan: By 2030 the only new cars will be electric

With every Eamon Ryan interview you are reminded of the pronouncement of Lincoln Steffens returning from Soviet Russia in 1919. “I have seen the futur(...)

Firefighters are fighting to bring a blaze on the main Cork-Waterford road under control after a diesel tanker caught fire near Carrigtwohill early this morning.
Firefighters battle blaze on diesel tanker on Cork-Waterford road

Firefighters are fighting to bring a blaze on the main Cork-Waterford road under control after a diesel tanker caught fire near Carrigtwohill early th(...)

Nqobizitha Vella: “I tried going to college but they wanted me to pay non-European fees.”Photograph:Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
‘There’s so much negativity around direct provision but I liked it’

In January 2018 Nqobizitha Vella arrived home from her asylum interview absolutely exhausted. She had travelled to Dublin to meet with immigration off(...)

So far this year 12,582 new properties have been built, an increase of 27.7 per cent on the first nine months of 2017.
Construction of new homes rises but still lags behind demand

The volume of new homes built in the Republic is continuing to increase but still remains far below the level of demand, figures from the Central Stat(...)

Business leaders in Cork hope that a series of Ed Sheeran concerts at the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh this weekend will provide a multi-million euro boost to the local economy. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters.
Cork businesses hope Ed Sheeran gigs provide economic boost

Business leaders in Cork hope that a series of Ed Sheeran concerts at the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh this weekend will provide a multi-million euro (...)

Gaby Patiño and Max Martínez who came to Ireland from Venezuela last year. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
‘We don’t know how long we’ll wait for asylum but we have hope now’

When Gaby Patiño and Max Martínez arrived in Ireland in August 2016 they expected to be working within a month. The Venezuelan university graduates ha(...)

A man collected more than €36,000 in job seekers allowance while he was working under his brother’s name. Photograph: The Irish Times
Man claimed €36,000 while working under brother’s name,

A man who collected more than €36,000 in job seekers’ allowance while working under his brother’s name has been given a suspended jail term and ordere(...)

Early on Thursday, there was speculation the winning Euromillions lottery ticket was sold in Fitzpatrick’s Shop, Glounthane, Cork. However, it has now been confirmed the ticket was sold in Dublin. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
€88.5m Euromillions ticket was sold in Dublin

The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning €88,587,275 Euromillions ticket was sold in Dublin. It is understood Ireland’s 10th EuroMillions (...)

Ireland’s last EuroMillions jackpot winner was the Dublin Bus drivers syndicate, which won nearly €24 million last July. Photograph: Alan Betson
EuroMillions winners arrange to collect €88.5m

As rumours circulated about the identity or location of Ireland’s newest multimillionaire yesterday, the holder of the latest golden EuroMillions tick(...)

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