Colm Burke

Cork North-Central constituency profile: Housing could impact outcome of this new five-seater

Election 2024: Fianna Fáil’s Pádraig O’Sullivan and Fine Gael’s Colm Burke should be relatively confident of retaining their seats

Mon Nov 18 2024 - 11:54

‘Vaping is the revenge of the tobacco industry’, Taoiseach says as he backs new restrictions

Sale of disposable vapes in State would be banned under proposals brought before Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting

Tue Sept 10 2024 - 18:16

Vaping firm used financial incentives for consultation submissions, Government told

The public consultation looked at potential additional measures to decrease the appeal of nicotine-inhaling products to young people

Fri Aug 23 2024 - 18:37

Electric Picnic 2024: Fans complain about ‘awful’ experience after being directed to overflow campsites

This year’s event at Stradbally in Co Laois will be the biggest in its 20-year history, with 75,000 people on site for the weekend

Fri Aug 16 2024 - 21:02

Priest group condemns refusal of communion to Cork TD who supported repeal of Eighth Amendment

Bantry parish priest would not give Colm Burke communion and told him ‘you have been excommunicated’

Sun Jul 14 2024 - 20:41

Minister refused communion at Cork funeral Mass over ‘his support for abortion’, says priest

Fr Gabriel Burke would not give communion to Colm Burke who says priest him told he had been ‘excommunicated’

Sat Jul 13 2024 - 21:04

‘Intimidatory’ protesters over immigration include ex-campaigners on Covid, Seanad told

Proposed law to protect public representatives’ homes from demonstrations to be considered by Oireachtas committee

Thu May 23 2024 - 20:27

Ireland is ‘loneliest place in Europe’ - calls for a Minister specifically to deal with the problem

Some 20% of Irish people report feeling lonely most or all the time compared to European average of 13%

Wed May 01 2024 - 21:49

Who are the new junior ministers in Simon Harris’s Cabinet?

New roles given to Fine Gael members cover areas including finance, housing, public works and health

Wed Apr 10 2024 - 20:50

One in five TDs are landlords as Michael Healy-Rae boosts property portfolio to 25

Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property

Sat Feb 24 2024 - 06:00

Hard to foresee Seán Quinn ‘fading into the shadows’ after book release

Any Other Business: Forbes resigns directorship, Collison brothers back new California city plan, Lucy Gaffney and slavery reparations, and Fine Gael’s fundraising

Fri Sept 08 2023 - 05:00

Miriam Lord’s Week: TDs and Senators eager for their close-ups in The Tubridy Show

Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence

Sat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00

Cigarette-maker faces ‘huge challenge’ from black market for tobacco

PJ Carroll said illicit tobacco trade has almost returned to pre-Covid levels

Wed Mar 29 2023 - 17:15

Hospital overcrowding: Hundreds of well patients await discharge while 1,000 care home beds empty

Lack of discharge options is a big cause of hospital congestion and the trolley crisis

Mon Jan 09 2023 - 05:00

US Embassy ‘working hard’ to minimise waiting times for J1 Visas

Students have expressed concerns they will be unable to work abroad due to visa delays

Wed May 11 2022 - 12:13

Robert Watt criticised over ‘lack of engagement’ on Holohan secondment

Finance committee asks top civil servant for documents relating to TCD appointment

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 15:22

Pledges to clarify when route for Cork-Limerick upgrade will be selected

Death toll on road raised in Dáil at least 62 people having died on the N20 since 1997

Mon Dec 06 2021 - 20:34

War of Independence execution of Mary Lindsay was justified, argues historian

Six IRA volunteers were killed after landowner alerted British to ambush plot

Mon Oct 04 2021 - 08:40

Climbers warned to prepare properly after rise in rescue incidents

Kerry Mountain Rescue has dealt with 16 callouts since start of August

Mon Aug 16 2021 - 19:30

Thousands of cancers may have been missed due to Covid-19, TDs told

Oireachtas health committee hears services suffered ‘hammer blow after hammer blow’

Wed Jun 02 2021 - 11:08

Three deaths and 474 new Covid-19 cases have been reported by Nphet

Half of 3,500 housebound adults have received first Covid-19 vaccine

Thu Apr 29 2021 - 11:58

Maternity hospital will not be impacted by religious ethos, Donnelly says

Minister insists Government and HSE will determine services at St Vincent’s site

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 21:40

HSE urged to establish research unit dedicated to Long Covid

More than 5% of Covid-19 patients suffer symptoms eight weeks later, study shows

Mon Apr 05 2021 - 11:47

Group to seek judicial review over €20m flood relief scheme in Cork city

Blackpool project would destroy important habitat for otters, campaigner says

Thu Mar 25 2021 - 08:29

Large majority of over-85s will get first vaccine by end of this week, Donnelly says

HSE is seeing a 95% reduction in Covid-19 infection rate of hospital staff, Minister says

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 19:32

TDs call for new HSE director for mental health amid expected surge in demand

Dáil hears of need for overall plan to deal with psychiatric ‘fallout’ from Covid-19

Fri Feb 05 2021 - 22:47

Prioritise home-help workers for Covid vaccine, urges Cork TD

Cork TD says more than 5,000 home-helps visit almost 55,000 people each week

Sun Jan 17 2021 - 16:57

Sinn Féin’s stand on Covid is facing increasing questions from political rivals

‘They approach the pandemic in the same way they approach every other issue, thinking how they can make a political gain’

Sat Oct 24 2020 - 01:00

Latest Covid-19 restrictions to cost State €1bn, Oireachtas hears

Department of Public Expenditure warns of six-week cost and significant revenue losses

Thu Oct 22 2020 - 17:20

Aer Lingus could be ‘wound up’ without State support, union chief warns

Covid-19 committee told airline losing €1.5m a-day with overseas travel restrictions in place

Fri Jul 24 2020 - 10:40

Election 2020: Colm Burke (Fine Gael)

Cork North-Central – Elected on the 14th count

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 17:53

Colm Burke vows ‘not to be deterred’ after Cork office was vandalised

Vandals throw brick through window of Fine Gael Senator’s office in Blackpool, Co Cork

Mon Jan 20 2020 - 19:47

Fine Gael election candidate’s constituency office vandalised

Senator Colm Burke claims brick thrown through window and posters removed

Mon Jan 20 2020 - 00:03

Election 2020: Cork North-Central constituency profile

Fine Gael will hope disquiet over Dara Murphy collecting expenses while in Europe will have dissipated

Sun Jan 19 2020 - 10:57