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Cork County Council has today formally signed up to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP). Getting on board with this ambitious five-year roadmap to help bees and nature is further evidence of the Council’s commitment to playing a leading role in making its land more pollinator friendly.

County Cork Alerts is now offering bathing water quality alerts for the 26 beaches in the county which are part of our bathing water monitoring program. 14 of these are Identified Bathing Waters, 10 of which are Blue Flag beaches. In addition, there are 13 Green Coast Flag Beaches. These alerts include bathing water quality results which are generally provided fortnightly during the summer bathing season and also any bathing restrictions if and when they are notified. The alerts are provided from data supplied by the EPA of monitoring carried out by the Council.

Cork County Council has joined with thirteen local authorities to show you how to make the most of barbecues without food waste this summer, launching with a Summer Cookery Demonstration hosted by Catherine Fulvio.

The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley officially launched the Gum Litter Taskforce's education campaign, with the help of students from Bunscoil Mhuire, in Youghal earlier this week.

Cork County beaches have been awarded a total of 23 flags by An Taisce at the National Awards for 2021. In all, 10 Blue Flags and 13 Green Coast Flags were won, for beaches that achieve consistently excellent water quality as well as meeting beach infrastructure standards. In addition, Kinsale Marina and Royal Cork Yacht Club Marina retained their Blue Flag Status, while Inchydoney East beach has achieved its first Blue Flag this year, joining Inchydoney West beach which has held its flag continuously since 1993. 

Following the successful development of a Pollinator Plan for Midleton, Cork County Council has commenced the roll out of Pollinator Plans for the towns of Carrigaline, Kinsale, Bantry, Macroom, Kanturk and Fermoy, with community workshops hosted by ecologist Tony Nagle.

This Christmas reduce your food waste with Catherine Fulvio’s Seven Secrets to Stop Festive Food Waste. Shockingly we will throw out millions of euro worth of food over Christmas week.  Cork County Council has joined seven other local authorities to link up with Catherine Fulvio to explore how we can avoid food waste in the coming weeks.

Met Eireann have issued a status Orange Wind Warning valid from 21.00 tonight, (Tuesday) to 09.00 tomorrow (Wednesday).  Due to high seas, as a result of high astronomical Spring Tides approaching Highest Astronomical Tide, and strong onshore winds, there is a risk of coastal flooding tonight and on Wednesday. Gale force southeast winds, veering southwest gusting 90 to 110km/h generally, higher in exposed areas, have been forecasted.

A period of very high astronomical Spring Tides approaching Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) will commence tomorrow, Tuesday 15th December up to Friday 18th December 2020. 

Cork County Council has launched the 8th instalment of its heritage publication series “The Archaeological Heritage of County Cork”. This publication draws from the wealth of knowledge of community groups countywide, whose submissions were assembled and enriched by the expertise of the former Director of the Cork Archaeological Survey, Denis Power.

Cork County Council is encouraging households and businesses to rethink their fuel choices over the festive period.