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Cork South-Central: 4 seats
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is a youthful 60 but, if he stands down as Fianna Fáil leader during this term, then attention turns to whether he runs again. There’s no shortage of family members to fill his boots but passing the seat won’t be easy. Fianna Fáil Finance Minister Michael McGrath will be strong again. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin have a guaranteed seat, so the second Fianna Fáil seat is the only question. Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire will have a running mate in Carrigaline. Fine Gael’s Simon Coveney will have to manage the vote vastly better to bring in Senator Jerry Buttimer.
Plan to import gas through Cork harbour abandoned as port company severs ties with US firm
Environment Minister Eamon Ryan said he had been told a 2017 agreement to import liquified natural gas through Cork harbour had expired and would not be renewed
The site in the lower Cork harbour where the liquified natural gas terminal was to be located. File picture.
Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 13:05
Eoin English
The Port of Cork has cut ties with a US firm which could have led to fracked gas being imported through, and stored in, Cork Harbour.
Environment Minister Eamon Ryan said he had been informed that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in 2017 between the Port of Cork company and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) development company in the US expired on December 31, 2020.
File photo: Environmental news
The Green Party in Cork has proposed that Cork City Council should issue advice to city residents when air quality drops in the city.
The motion was put forward by Green Party councillor, Oliver Moran, who said the system should be similar to the one in place for flood warnings in the city:
“Especially now during COVID, there are more people going for walks outdoors with their families. Over the Christmas period, I was out for a walk with my son and he noticed the air thick with pollution. I found my throat tickling too.
“Cork City Council has collaborated with UCC to place a network of air quality monitors across the city. I checked online when I got home and, sure enough, the air quality monitors showed it was worst where we had been walking.
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