cmguerin0Sep 30, 20213 minCarrigaline Western Relief Road contract awarded to BAMCarrigaline Road Contract: Cork County Council has just awarded the construction contract for the delivery of the Carrigaline Western...
cmguerin0Sep 30, 20211 minCork County Development Plan 2028Public Consultation on the Draft Cork County Development Plan 2021: Last July, the Draft Cork County Development Plan (2021) was prepared...
cmguerin0Sep 30, 20212 minHospital Waiting Lists during 2020“Unacceptable”: over 50,000 on trolleys in year of the pandemic 2020: At least 53,325 patients went without beds in Irish hospitals in...
cmguerin0Aug 19, 20214 minAugust 19th Bulletin: State Lands and Funds to be Gifted to DevelopersIn fact, remember, that’s what we did during the Celtic Tiger and it led to an enormous crash in the economy. It wasn’t that there was a...
cmguerin0Aug 9, 20214 minLarge scale Navan Road Tree Removal Planned for BusConnectsNavan Road residents have launched a protest against imminent plans by the NTA to slash 140 trees from the area as part of a new...
cmguerin0Jun 27, 20215 minA Scottish song on Rathlin IslandFear a’ bhàta (or ‘The boatman’) is a Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) song of heart break which is very popular in Scotland, "among English...
cmguerin0Jun 3, 20212 minSeán Treacy rememberedLearn more about the revolutionary who helped to ignite Ireland's War of Independence.
cmguerin0Apr 26, 20215 minThe Killarney National Park FireOne third of the forests and wild habitats of Killarney's National Park were destroyed by the fire, said to have been started deliberately.
cmguerin0Apr 19, 20211 minPhoenix Park Walls damaged by OPW North Road WorksThe North Road works (just inside the Phoenix Park walls) was announced by the Office of Public Works to commence on April 12th last....
cmguerin0Apr 12, 20213 minWorks on North Road Wall, Phoenix ParkPhoenix Park – North Road Essential Repair Roadworks (April 12 to June 18, 2021) Quotation from Press Release: Phoenix Park – North Road...
cmguerin0Mar 27, 20213 minMeeting of Kilkenny Co. Council 15th March 2021 - (Selected Items).Kilkenny Castle and the River Nore Jimmy joe jazz - Own work Kilkenny Castle as seen from town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilkenny#/me...
cmguerin0Mar 25, 202160 minLand Development Agency Bill Committee Debates March 2021Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage debate - Tuesday, 9th March 2021 - Land Development Agency Bill: Chairman: " I...
cmguerin0Mar 24, 20213 minGalway Co. Council Minutes for 16th March 2021Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway#/media/File:Galway_CoA.svg (The principle item of interest is the Presentation from Iarnród...
cmguerin0Mar 17, 20213 minThe N28 Cork MotorwayM28 Motorway - Cork Irish Examiner Press Statement: "The way has been cleared for one of the biggest infrastructure plans in recent Cork...
cmguerin0Mar 14, 20211 minAn Bord Pleanala Oral Hearings - Week Ended: 05-03-2021 Total Cases: 3(Limerick City) Donegal County Council 309123: In the townland of Ballymacarry, Co. Donegal "Case Type: Compulsory Acquisition - Housing...
cmguerin0Mar 14, 20213 minN22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom Road Development (Cork Co. Council Press Release). "The N22 road is a national primary road in Ireland which goes through counties Kerry and Cork, from Tralee in the west through...
cmguerin0Mar 11, 20213 minLand Development Agency will have powers to remove land from local councils The LDA Eliminates the Local Council Vote Irish Councils will be able to transfer state lands to the Land Development Agency without any...
cmguerin0Mar 9, 20212 minPhoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study Public Consultation - Deadline this Friday Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study Public Consultation From Office of Public Works Published on 4 February 2021 Last...
cmguerin0Mar 9, 20214 minPlanning Application for proposed Nuclear Power Station at Sizewell C, Suffolk, England, UK (Submission by Irish Co. Councils on planning application): "In accordance with the provisions of the 1991 United Nations Convention on...
cmguerin0Mar 9, 20212 minThe Great Privatisation of Lands Bill - 2nd Stage on WednesdayThis Wednesday, the Land Development Agency Bill goes through its Second Stage in the Oireachtas. Among other measures, it grants a...
cmguerin0Mar 4, 20214 minFeatures of the Land Development Agency Bill From the 2nd Stage of the Oireachtas Debate on the Land Development Agency Bill - February 18th 2020 “Deputy Mick Barry - " I am sharing...
cmguerin0Feb 20, 20212 minLand Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage Debate From the Statement by Deputy Thomas Pringle -18th February 2021: 1. " In the overall scheme of things, the Government is not interested...
cmguerin0Feb 19, 20213 minThe Ongoing Crisis in the Irish Health ServiceTestimony to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (9th February 2021). describes the ongoing capacity crisis in the Irish Health...
cmguerin0Feb 19, 20211 minLand Development Agency Bill (2021): Stage 2Today the Land Development Agency Bill goes through its Second Stage in the Oireachtas. This piece of legislation grants a public body...
cmguerin0Feb 16, 20212 minCork Port vacates Cork Custom House (1881) to enable hotel development“The Customs House has been at the heart of the Port of Cork for over 100 years and our move out, while sad in some ways, also heralds a...
cmguerin0Feb 12, 20212 minGreens Announce Limerick Road Project costing €58 million "The road project is going to go ahead, it will going to go ahead from Coonagh to the Knockalisheen junction and see an upgrade of...
cmguerin0Dec 10, 20204 minThe Significance of Casement’s Putamayo Journal, 1910Brian Guerin This article was originally published online in November 2006 at http://homepage.eircom.net/~guerin/tfmnov2006.pdf The...
cmguerin0Nov 19, 20207 minPlanning Bulletin: Dublin, Cork and Kerry Item 1 - The Old Custom House Cork: 11th November, 2020 - Plans for "Ireland's tallest building" (Irish Examiner) to be built in Cork...
cmguerin0Nov 16, 20206 minThe National Transport Authority's Cork Transport Plans (I)Introduction Last August, The National Transport Authority (NTA) proposed a “Luas" light rail line between Ballincollig, a small rural...
cmguerin0Nov 6, 20203 minThe East Coast of Cork is falling into the seaCoastal protection works costing €25 million to prevent coastal erosion in parts of East Cork were mothballed 20 years ago and the rate...
cmguerin0Oct 25, 20205 minHallowe'en Customs of IrelandThe Freeman's Journal (30 October 1920) reported that people would play practical jokes such as knock on doors or steal farmers' gates,
cmguerin0Oct 21, 202014 minMichael O'Reilly and the longest hunger strikeThe Limerick man was one of nine who survived 94 days of a world-famous hunger strike in 1920.
cmguerin0Oct 12, 20203 minA beginner's guide to Irish political partiesThis video gives context to the modern Irish political parties, north and south. Suitable for those with little contextual knowledge.
cmguerin0Oct 5, 20204 minKey Bus Éireann Routes to Cork, Galway and Limerick AxedThe Bus Éireann move is a significant step towards privatisation of the state bus company Bus Éireann has just announced that it will be...
cmguerin0Oct 5, 20204 minHSE Plans closure of Ireland's only drug treatment centre for youthIreland continues to have one of the highest drug mortality rates in Europe Cara Lodge, located in Enniskeane, West Cork, is Ireland's...
cmguerin0Oct 4, 20202 minDestruction of Neo-Gothic Convent of Mercy Chapel in Skibbereen Cork (Heritage) “The balanced coherent design is complemented by the high quality craftsmanship employed in the execution of the masonry...
cmguerin0Aug 31, 20203 minCork Nursing Home shuts Amid Pandemic Cara House, a Cork nursing home is set to close in January, despite pleas from locals and experienced carers. Cara House in Blackpool on...
cmguerin0Aug 31, 20203 minNumerous Complaints over Cork Nursing Homes before and during COVID-19 LockdownFriday 28 August The Cork Echo has reported numerous allegations of poor treatment of elderly Cork nursing home residents, including...
cmguerin0Jul 12, 20208 minThe Dublin Bay MotorwayOne estimate stated that it was 5 times the size of the €800 million Dublin Port Tunnel.
cmguerin0Jul 10, 20209 minThe Green Party's Record as Coalition Partner, 2007-11The 2011 budget was described as the most draconian budget in the history of the State, with €6 billion worth of cuts to the state budget.
cmguerin0Jun 28, 20203 minVaradkar: FF, FG and Greens have mandateSinn Féin, which got the largest percentage of votes in February's general election, was excluded from government. An Irish government...
cmguerin0Jun 24, 20202 min1798 Rebellion Centre to be soldWexford County Council will offload Enniscorthy's National 1798 Rebellion Centre, leaving the exhibition with no permanent home.
cmguerin0May 19, 20206 minThe Irish BulletinIn 1906 Arthur Griffith compared the communication gap between Ireland and the outside world to a "wall of paper".
cmguerin0May 18, 20208 minNora O'Keeffe and the Irish revolutionThe Cumann na mBan activist and publicist was one of many women to the fore of promoting the republican message. In a recent biography of...
cmguerin0May 17, 20203 minShell, the Corrib Gas Field and the Irish Constitution Article based on letter sent to Irish papers, July 2005 The behaviour of the High Court in jailing the Rossport Five for insisting on...
cmguerin0May 17, 20204 minThe National Monuments Act 2004[The Minister] may decide... to order the levelling of Newgrange, the Rock of Cashel, Glendalough, or the Hill of Tara itself...
cmguerin0May 16, 20203 minThe 1972 Supreme Court Judgement on TaraA decision delivered by the Supreme Court in 1972 is of lasting significance with regard to what is to be regarded a National Monument.
cmguerin0May 14, 20204 minThe Tara Case and the Irish Constitution A 2006 challenge to the construction of the M3 Motorway through the Tara landscape was rejected. During the 1972 proceedings, the State...
cmguerin0May 14, 20209 minVenezuela - the next stage of the Global Oil WarsThis article was published online in 2006. Brian Guerin "You have the freedom here to do what you want to do with your money, and to me,...
cmguerin0May 14, 20206 minMorgan Kelly on the Bank Bailout This article was written in response to Morgan Kelly's piece in the Irish Times of 8 November 2010 entitled 'If you thought the bank...