Since 1871, the Sacred Heart Church has stood on the side of the Monkstown hills, watching over Cork Harbour. This coming weekend, 28th – 30th September, the Sacred Heart Church is celebrating 136 years of a pivotal role in the life of the Monkstown community by hosting the Monkstown Heritage Flower Festival…
It is great to see that the surface of the R610 through Monkstown village has finally been renewed. As was promised by Cork County Council, this resurfacing followed the laying of the broadband fibre optic cable.
However, it is terribly disappointing that traffic calming measures did not accompany the resurfacing of the village. Traffic calming in Monkstown village has been promised by the Carrigaline Area Office of Cork County Council for the past three years…
A partnership of Bioverda and South Coast Transport proposes to construct a biodiesel processing plant at the former ADM site in Ringaskiddy. It is anticipated that the planning application will be lodged in the next two weeks.
Bioverda, is the bioenergy subsidiary of NTR. It has two core divisions, one dealing with biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) and the other dealing with bioenergy (biomass, landfill gas and anaerobic digestion). Bioverda already operates two large biodiesel facilities in Germany…