top of page 15 February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council will host a breakfast seminar from 7.30am tomorrow, Tuesday February 17th, in the Clarion Hotel, the purpose of which is to inform and stimulate the debate around the future of local governance in Cork. The stimulation of debate around the best mechanism... Read More
top of page 13 February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Convention Bureau hosted its #CorkInDublin event at Powerscourt Townhouse this week to highlight all that Cork has to offer as a destination for international conferences, meetings and events, and to actively target companies and agencies in Dublin who have the potential to bring such... Read More
top of page 13 February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Cork South Central TD, Jerry Buttimer has said that IAG has presented no clear vision on how it can grow business at Cork Airport. Deputy Buttimer was commenting after questioning International Airport Group (IAG) CEO, Willie Walsh, at a hearing of the Oireachtas... Read More
top of page 13 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Johanne O’Sullivan, a native of Ballinlough Co. Cork and a class teacher in Belmayne Educate Together in Dublin was announced as a winner of a bursary from the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation to help fund education research. Ms O’Sullivan’s research (to Masters Level in Marino... Read More
top of page 13 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork St. Patrick’s Festival is offering a unique opportunity to promote your business at this year’s Cork St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Each year, the parade attracts over 50,000 people into the City on March 17th, of which more than 35,000 line the parade route. The... Read More
top of page 13 February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí at Clonakilty, County Cork are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 45 year old Patrick O’Driscoll, missing from Clonakilty since 11th February 2015. Patrick was last seen in Clonakilty at approximately 10am on Wednesday morning, 11th February 2015. Patrick is described... Read More
top of page 12 February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission on the possibility of European aid for shellfish famers in West Cork and Kerry. “As we know, high temperatures last summer resulted in a late and extensive autumn bloom of the... Read More
top of page 12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The new Cork Harbour Festival will see Cork Harbour Open Day, which normally takes place in September, move to Ocean to City week to coincide with the Ocean to City race An Rás Mór. Taking place over the June Bank Holiday Weekend, May 30th –... Read More
top of page 12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s only Senior Minister Simon Coveney, today concluded his promotional visit to the US, with a high profile launch in Boston. The event celebrated the entry of Irish beef to the US market for the first time in 15 years. The Boston event was hosted... Read More
top of page 12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie According to the Higher Education Authority, the number of females taking up Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects and third level courses has declined significantly during the last decade. In a bid to curb this decline, a new initiative called I Wish invited more... Read More
top of page 12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Noel Harrington has today welcomed today’s launch of the Action Plan for Jobs – Regional by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD. This is a five year, €250million strategy aimed at accelerating the jobs... Read More
top of page 12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed the announcement of €50,000 in funding for Cork Film Festival and Cork Jazz Festival. “Both Cork Film Festival and Cork Jazz Festival are an integral part of Cork’s events calendar for and the announcement... Read More