29 April 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central, Colm Burke has said that “the Government’s Spring Economic Statement shows a real vision to spread the recovery to all corners of Ireland, including Cork.” “The economic recovery is gaining momentum and the Government has a plan to spread its benefits... Read More
29 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The newly formed Cork Education & Training Board (Cork ETB) welcomes the publication of The Special Report by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG) into the Internal Control of County Cork Vocational Education Committee in 2011. A number of issues of concern were highlighted in this Report relating... Read More
29 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tomorrow is the closing date for general marathon entries, Thursday 30th of April. There is still time to submit a late entry (with small penalty) through May 8th. The marathon is a major destination event, attracting participants from all over the world to Cork City. The 8,000... Read More
28 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Rankings for the prestigious European Green Capital for 2017 have just been announced and in Cork’s very first time bidding to be Europe’s Green Capital, the city ranked 7th above cities such as Porto, Istanbul and Cascais. The application was made by Cork City Council supported by... Read More
28 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance Cllr Mick Barry this morning said that the Government’s Spring Statement would paint a rosy picture of economic recovery but that facts presented to last night’s meeting of Cork City Council showed that recovery is not touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordinary... Read More
28 April 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Two representatives from Cork have been elected at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis as the voice of party members on the party’s Ard Chomhairle (National Executive). Brig Ryan from Cork South-Central and Gearóid Murphy from Cork North-West will serve on the new ‘Committee of 15.’ (pictures attached) The... Read More
28 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 50 years ago, in a simple suburban house on the Douglas Road called “Sunview”, Christ King Girls Secondary was founded to answer the educational needs of the local community. To mark this significant anniversary the school have planned a number of events that will run throughout the... Read More
27 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Editorial An annual issue There are a number of chestnuts in Cork news circles: the need for a Cork to Dublin direct flight, the debt at Cork Airport, and the slowness of the Cork to Limerick road. Well, in relation to the latter a joint statement was... Read More
27 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP and member of the European Parliaments Tourism Taskforce Deirdre Clune has appealed to bus unions to call off their planned strike action beginning on the May Bank holiday weekend. MEP Clune has said the planned strike will hurt our fragile tourist industry which is... Read More
27 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork businesses have been finding out about the latest ways to cut their energy costs at a special energy efficiency briefing held by competitive energy provider Energia. The briefings held with the Cork Chamber of Commerce are designed to educate businesses about energy efficiency, allowing them to... Read More
27 April 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Clonakilty born Declan Murphy, who founded the just-one charity (www.just-one.org), 11 years ago which works to promote educational opportunities for disadvantaged and marginalised chiildren in Nepal at community level, has expressed his shock and sadness at the devastation caused by the earthquake there at the weekend. Declan who... Read More
27 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie To mark the launch of Guide Dog Day which takes place on 1st May, Cork natives John Shanahan and his Guide Dog Vasco and Donnacha McCarthy and his Guide Dog Holy met with Roy Keane at Irish Guide Dogs headquarters. John is a local-based Midleton man and... Read More