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The senior students were sent out to walk the lanes and side streets of Cork City and identify the major problems themselves. [5] While the city centre's main thoroughfares were bustling with "elegant buildings and fashionable shop windows", [ 5 ] there existed a different reality in the dreary alleys and decaying tenements. [ 5 ]
State grants. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offers assistance programs and community development grants for homeowners in each state. Each grant, including award ...
Cork County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the local authority of County Cork, Ireland. As a county council , it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001 , as amended. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation , urban planning and development, amenity and culture , and environment .
The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. [1] [2] [3] The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years from multi-seat local ...
Farranree (Irish: Fearann an Rí) [1] is a mainly residential townland and suburb in Cork, Ireland. It partly consists of terraced houses, some of which are council housing owned by the Cork City Council. Other housing in the area is privately owned. [citation needed] Farranree is bordered by the larger suburbs of Blackpool, Churchfield and ...
In the 1841 census, before the outbreak of the Great Famine, County Cork had a recorded population of 854,118. [46] By the 2022 census, Cork city and county had a combined population of 584,156 people. [47] As of the 2022 census, ethnically the population included 78.5% White Irish people, 9.9% other White background, 1.4% Asian and 1.1% Black.
The area governed by the council prior to the 2019 boundary extension. Cork City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí) is the local authority of the city of Cork in Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Before 1 January 2002, the council was known as Cork Corporation.
Knocknaheeny (Irish: Cnoc na hAoine, meaning 'Hill of Friday') [2] is a working class suburb of Cork city, Ireland. It is on a hill about 2 km north of the city centre. The area is mainly residential, consisting of many terraced council housing estates. Knocknaheeny contains Apple's Europe headquarters, employing about 5,000 people.