top of page 2 September 2017, 11am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A man in his 80s has died, and a man in his 40s has been injured, in a house fire in Buttevant, Co. Cork. Gardaí and fire services attended the scene of a house fire at Knockbarry Cottages, at approximately 9.30pm last night. The... Read More
top of page 2 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin’s annual Summer School returns to the Mills Inn in Bháile Mhúirne, Co Cork on Friday and Saturday the 8th and 9th of September 2017. This year’s event boasts an impressive line-up including broadcaster Vincent Browne, journalist and filmmaker Paul Mason, ‘Kill All Normies’... Read More
top of page 1 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Declan Hurley has launched Cork County Council’s new mobile library for West Cork. The launch took place at the Parkway Hotel, Dunmanway. The new West Cork Mobile Library will replace the well-known, 14 year old vehicle that... Read More
top of page 1 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat launched this morning to a boat which got into difficulties three miles south-east of Crow Head on the Beara Peninsula. Castletownbere’s lifeboat was tasked by Valentia Coastguard Radio this morning at 10.24 a.m. to go to the assistance a thirty-feet angling boat... Read More
top of page 1 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Ballymaloe Garden Festival will unfurl over the weekend of Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September on the grounds of Ballymaloe House in Shanagarry, Co. Cork. The variety of talks, demonstrations, entertainment and shopping offers a bumper crop for garden lovers, seasoned experts, late bloomers, families, and foodies. Among... Read More
top of page 1 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Cork City Cllr Kenneth O’Flynn (Cork North Central) has called for the local authority to review the use of bollards in the city. O’Flynn believes in light of car ramming attacks in Nice, Barcelona and London officials should examine areas with a large... Read More
top of page 1 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Carrigaline based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, has confirmed that some €3,959,700 in Government funding has been paid to help meet the back to school costs of 12,470 local families. The Back to School allowance is paid to parents to assist them in purchasing... Read More
