23 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County council wants everyone in County Cork to be more aware of the range of services they provide and how the public benefits from those services and supports. County Hall, Cork Pic: Daragh McSweeney/ProvisionIn a recent survey carried out on behalf of the National Oversight and Audit... Read More
23 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The average primary school pupil misses 10 days each school year, and the average secondary student misses 13 days a year, but these students missed none. 100 students from primary and secondary schools in Cork will gather in Cork City Hall today to receive awards from the Cork... Read More
22 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Council’s Midleton Meadow has Big Benefits for Bees One third of Ireland’s bee species are threatened with extinction. Local authorities have a leading role to play in reducing their decline and protecting them and our other important pollinators. With this in mind staff at the East Cork Municipal... Read More
22 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie CEO of Grafton Recruitment Tina McKenzie has opened the company’s new Cork office alongside special guest, Leader of Seanad Éireann, Senator Jerry Buttimer. The recruitment company, founded in 1983, currently has 10 offices across the Island of Ireland and is pursuing a robust growth strategy with the expected... Read More
22 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Business Association, in association with Cork City Council and The Echo, have announced the winners of the 2019 Cork Better Building Awards. The awards honour the best designed and best maintained buildings in the greater Cork City area, and are aimed at rewarding businesses and building caretakers... Read More
22 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has welcomed the allocation of €2M towards the development of a Technological University (TU) in the South West region which could create a new type of higher education institution to support enterprise needs and drive regional development. Sean Moran, Ibec Cork... Read More
22 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie AIB is renewing its primary sponsorship of the Ludgate digital hub in Skibbereen for a further three years. The bank has committed to continue backing the work done in creating a sustainable digital economy for Skibbereen and the wider West Cork area. Ludgate is home to 21 companies... Read More
22 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister of State at the Department of Health Jim Daly TD, on Monday, officially opened the new Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre, marking the completion of the wider €77 million expansion of the hospital. The new Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre now offers the most technologically advanced radiotherapy... Read More
21 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Make Your Mark on Cancer charity walk raises €50,000 for the Mercy Hospital Foundation Organisers of the 7th annual ‘Make Your Mark on Cancer’ charity walk have announced that this year’s walk has raised an outstanding €50,000 for the Mercy University Hospital Foundation. An additional €5,000 was raised... Read More
Prince Albert II of Monaco supports Royal Cork Yacht Club 300th anniversary #Cork300 #Sailing #Sport
21 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Monaco and Cork partner on Cork300 celebrations HSH Prince Albert II launches Cork300 at Yacht Club de Monaco His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco (who also serves as President of Yacht Club de Monaco_, hosted a special event last weekend (19 October) for organisers of Cork300... Read More
21 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A hard-working mother from Co Cork is celebrating a quarter of a million euro win after she picked up her massive prize from Lotto HQ in Dublin City after she won the Lotto Plus 2 top prize on Saturday 12th October. The lucky mother who wishes for her... Read More
21 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The East Tip Haulbowline Island Remediation Project completed by Cork County Council, RPS Consulting Engineers, PJ Hegarty & Sons and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been shortlisted for the Engineering Project of the Year 2019. The remediation project on the East tip of Haulbowline... Read More