Robert McNamara

1 week ago | echolive.ie | Robert McNamara

Blackpool is soon to have an Integrated Urban Strategy (IUS) devised by Cork City Council in consultation with the people of Blackpool. This will be similiar to the IUS in Shandon. A spokesperson for the Blackpool Regeneration Group told The Echo: “The Blackpool Regeneration Group was established in 2020 to primarily submit our ideas to the City Development Plan. We produced a document ‘Blackpool Renewed’ on restoring the identity of Blackpool.

2 weeks ago | echolive.ie | Robert McNamara

The City of Cork Male voice choir and Newtown & District Male voice Choir from Wales took part in the 'Sing for Shandon fundraiser''. It is approaching 100 years of tradition on Cork’s northside and plans for Cork city’s 2025 Corpus Christi Procession in June have been announced. The Eucharistic Procession will take place on Sunday, June 2, and will begin at the North Cathedral and will be led by a famous northside band — the Cork Butter Exchange band.

1 month ago | echolive.ie | Robert McNamara

Blackpool-based Graffiti Theatre will hold a drama-based workshop for primary school children this month and next. The venue said: “Are you a sixth-class teacher, primary school principal, or parent association member looking for some final activities for your class as they prepare for the move to secondary school? “We have a gentle, inclusive drama-based workshop to support young people at a time that can be both exciting and daunting.

1 month ago | physiciansweekly.com | Robert McNamara |Roderick Tung

Drs. McNamara and Tung discuss the potential impact of the PREVENT CVD risk calculator disqualifying millions of adults from primary prevention statin therapy. National application of the 2023 American Heart Association (AHA) Predicting Risk of CVD Events (PREVENT) equations could significantly reduce the pool of adults recommended for primary prevention statin therapy, according to a cross-sectional analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) .

1 month ago | echolive.ie | Robert McNamara

Lord Mayor of Cork Dan Boyle recently switched on the new pitch floodlights at Blackpool Community Centre. Administrator at the community centre Tony Holton told The Echo that the new lights are the result of an investment of more than €6,000 by the community centre “to ensure the astro turf pitches at the rear of the community centre could be fully utilised by the community, allowing groups to use the facilities well into the evenings, especially during winter months”.