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21st March 2014. Friday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Rugby’s Donncha O’Callaghan has visited his former primary school in Bishopstown to talk about efforts being made by UNICEF to eradicate polio in the next 4 years. The Munster and Ireland lock is a UNICEF ambassador and recently returned from a four-day fact finding trip to Nigeria. O’Callaghan was...
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20th March 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Murphy’s Stout and Beamish Stout are pleased to announce a multi-year partnership with the Cork GAA Senior Hurling and Football teams under the title of ‘Proud Partner’. The relationship between the two stouts and Cork GAA initially goes back as far as 1891, when Murphy’s founder James J...
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19th March 2014, Wednesday 11am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An Irish politician has been named “MEP of the Year” Sean Kelly – who represents the constituency of “Ireland South”, which includes Cork – received the award in the “Digital Agenda” category. MEPs are chosen following a vote by their peers, and the awards took place...
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18th March 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A record 55,000 people lined the streets of Cork City today for the Cork St. Patrick’s Festival, which was led by the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Catherine Clancy and Grand Marshall Michael Flatley from an open top Ford Model T car. The parade, which was themed...
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18th March 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Motorists are advised that significant traffic management measures will be put in place on the Cork South Ring Road overnight. The temporary arrangements will affect N40 traffic heading west from the Kinsale Road Roundabout. The westbound slip road heading toward the Sarsfield Road Roundabout will be reduced to...
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17th March 2014, Monday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie As a result of routine profiling, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service at Cork Airport last night, (Sunday), seized 120,000 cigarettes with a retail value of €56,886 and potential loss to the Exchequer of €43,770. The “Marlboro” brand cigarettes were discovered in twelve suitcases, when officers stopped and...
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15th March 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Everyman Theatre on MacCurtain Street, Cork, has announced the appointment of Julie Kelleher as its incoming Artistic Director. Julie has a successful career in theatre as a director, performer, producer and administrator. Everyman Chairman, Michael White, welcomed the appointment: “The Everyman is delighted to welcome Julie...
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14th March 2014, Friday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The “Free Curry” which will feed 5-thousand people in Cork City Centre tomorrow as part of the Saint Patricks Festival, has been prepared, and packaged this afternoon in Bishopstown 80 Catering students from Cork Institute of Technology chopped up the donated vegetables earlier today over 3...
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13th March 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The state of roads in County Cork should improve over the next month. The Acting County Managed Declan Daly has lifted a ban on overtime for roads workers to try and tackle the growing problem of potholes. The cash strapped County Council has had to curtail all spending...
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10 March 2014 by Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It was exactly one year ago this month that I first visited the offices of TrustEv (pronounced as “Trust F”), a start-up based in Bessboro, Blackrock, just off the Skehard Road in Cork. I had difficulty locating their building because they were so new there was no sign!...
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10th March 2014, Monday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Critical improvements to the Dunkettle Interchange should be prioritised to reduce bottleneck and to facilitate the free flow of traffic onto the M8 motorway according to a report published by Engineers Ireland. The regional report found that the transport infrastructure in Cork needs investment as it is...
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10th March 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Cork success story Sales of Irish Whiskey abroad are increasing, and most is produced in Midleton by Irish Distillers Pernod Richard where Jameson is the core product. 130 people are employed by the company there, and a further 40 in the Jameson Experience Tourist centre. 95 percent...
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