It's predicted that Cork will see population increase of 50,000 and the creation of 30,000 jobs over the next six years.
The "Our City, Our Future - Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028" launched by Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Deirdre Forde, plans to shape and reform the city.
1,800 submissions were received during the public consultation phases of the plan, as well as the creative submissions of over 1,000 children and young people in Cork city who expressed their ideas for a healthier, greener and more playful city, which formed a formal submission to the plan.
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Gardai must decide today if they will release or charge a man being questioned about the murder of Miriam Burns at her Killarney home.
The man in his 50s was arrested within minutes of the inquiry being declared a murder investigation.
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The state is owed almost 2.9 billion euro in unpaid tax by businesses who struggled during the Covid crisis.
It's under the Debt Warehousing Scheme, which allowed companies to defer tax payments during the pandemic.
Over 26 million euro has already been written off by Revenue.
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Ireland only has enough supplies to vaccinate 10 per cent of at risk groups against Monkeypox.
The HSE says a vaccination rollout is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks - 6 hundred of the 6 thousand people considered to be vulnerable are being targeted in phase one.
Supplies will be prioritised for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men, as well as transgender people, who are most at risk of contracting the virus.
