Kevin Galvin
Journalist at Freelance
Digital Journalist at Irish Independent
Digital journalist with @independent_ie . Multiple IMRO award winner. Views are of someone presumably responsible. DMs open
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3 days ago |
independent.ie | Kevin Galvin
The study shows that discarded coffee grounds could potentially help deliver drugs in a less disruptive way to the bodyA study, part-funded by Cork-based charity Breakthrough Cancer Research, has discovered an environmentally friendly way to turn used coffee grounds into tiny ‘carbon dots’, that show potential as agents to carry and deliver anti-cancer drugs in the body.
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3 days ago |
independent.ie | Kevin Galvin
Ivor Prickett won the top prize for his work photographing the Sudan War. A photographer who recently won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for his work covering one of the world’s bloodiest conflicts for the New York Times has spoken this week of the ‘idyllic childhood’ he enjoyed coming of age in Fermoy. Ivor Prickett’s halcyon childhood in the Cork town was in stark contrast with the brutal circumstances of life for the children of Sudan he witnessed in his time there.
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3 days ago |
independent.ie | Kevin Galvin
Wolf Alice, who have played some of the world’s biggest festivals and have been streamed over 740 million times on Spotify, are due to play the gig in Cyprus Avenue next week as part of three secret gigs around the country.
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5 days ago |
independent.ie | Kevin Galvin
Cork City Council has spent almost €30 million as part of the ‘Voids Programme’, while Cork County Council has spent just over €21 million. In the city, 1,785 units in total have been returned to active use by the council through funding provided by the Department of Housing, representing an average spend of €16,208 per property.
Climate Minister urges East Cork locals objecting to solar farms to ‘reflect on what they are doing’
6 days ago |
independent.ie | Kevin Galvin
Minister Darragh O’Brien said people need to consider the ‘bigger picture’: ‘Climate change is real, it’s happening’The Minister for Climate, Environment and Transport has said that specific planning guidelines around the installation of solar farms “isn’t necessarily required” for Ireland. Speaking at the sixth National Climate Stakeholder Forum, held in Cork for the first time, Darragh O’Brien asked people objecting to renewable energy projects to “reflect on what they are doing”.
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One of the UK’s biggest Indie bands set to perform ‘secret’ #Cork gig next week https://t.co/6xQdRNvbPh
€50 million spent in #Cork to restore derelict homes https://t.co/BWDq4GztT9
Climate Minister urges East #Cork locals objecting to solar farms to ‘reflect on what they are doing’ https://t.co/vfDVpPvG7A