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THE Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Dara Murphy will embark on a new journey to fill the city’s classrooms with music when he launches a new traditional Cork songs initiative in City Hall this Wednesday.
Accompanied by one of Cork’s most famous balladeers, Jimmy Crowley, the Lord Mayor will reveal details of the next stage in his initiative to reconnect the schoolchildren of Cork with their musical heritage.
The Lord Mayor earlier said that during his Lord Mayoral visits, he will be encouraging children to remember Cork’s traditional songs by presenting each primary school pupil with a card with the words of verses from two of Cork’s most famous anthems – The Banks of my own lovely Lee, and Beautiful City.
A LOCAL county councillor has committed that when Labour returns to Government, it will restore the aid for the school book scheme, abolished by the Government in the October budget, to all areas.
THE Clonakilty Cumann of Sinn Féin will host a public meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, September 1) to explain the party’s opposition to the Government’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA).
CORK Chamber yesterday officially launched its Yes to Lisbon campaign, telling businesses across the region that a yes vote to the referendum is vital to help fast-track the country’s recovery.
MICHEÁL Martin has hit back at anti-Lisbon Treaty group Coir, which has accused him of attempting to smear them in the run-up to the second Lisbon Treaty referendum.
