3 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Means testing to qualify for a grant to carry out improvement works on a septic tank is to be abolished while the maximum grant is to be increased to €5,000, two measures that have been welcomed by North Cork Fine Gael Councillor John Paul O’Shea. Currently, the maximum... Read More
2 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Towns all across Ireland should consider applying for funding for short-term Town Twinning projects. This is according to Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune. Town Twinning is hugely popular around Europe but towns around Ireland can also avail of funding for community and cultural organisations to engage in short-term... Read More
1 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Walkers will be supported with a six-week walking challenge including video demonstrations, tips on heart health and opportunities for free CPR training 22nd February 2019. The Irish Heart Foundation has teamed up with parkrun in a six-week initiative to get the local communities in Cork moving. People interested... Read More
1 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fota Wildlife Park recently announced the arrival of 12 Pot-bellied seahorses, (Hippocampus abdominalis), to the Tropical House at the 100-acre Park. The 12 seahorses came to the iconic Co. Cork visitor attraction from L’ Oceanográfic in Valencia, Spain on the 10th of January and are made up of... Read More
1 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Pure Cork is launching a campaign in association with Tourism Ireland to actively encourage more French tourists to choose Cork as a destination. This is part of a wider strategy to extend the tourism season in the region. The announcement was made at the recent Pure Cork Tourism... Read More
1 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork trainer Kevin O’ Brien remains in the race for the €50,000 Ladbrokes Easter Cup in Shelbourne Park ahead of semi final weekend. Clona Blaze, who finished 6th in the 2018 Irish Greyhound Derby, won his second round heat in a time of 29.32 and will run for... Read More
1 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A grandmother from Co Cork will be hoping to hit the jackpot and spin the Winning Streak wheel when she appears on the Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this Saturday (2nd March). Last Saturday Abina Hennessy from Togher in Cork was watching Winning Streak with... Read More
28 February 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The ever-popular Lord Mayor’s Charity Golf Classic returns on 20 April and promises to be the sporting event of the season… par none! This year, the Lord Mayor’s Charity Golf Classic will be held in the first municipal golf course in Ireland at Mahon golf course. Speaking at... Read More
28 February 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Over 300 delegates are attending the Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute’s (PMI) sold-out annual national conference in Cork today (28 February). The conference, with headline sponsor EY, heard that strategic project management of regional infrastructure is vital to ensure stabilisation and future growth of the Irish economy.... Read More
28 February 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Today FM is celebrating the wedding day of Offaly couple Michelle Roche and Jimmy Kirwin, as they tie the knot in the beautiful surroundings of Inchydoney Lodge and Spa, West Cork this afternoon. Today FM has marked the big day by renaming the station ‘Your Day FM’ with... Read More
27 February 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has welcomed the starting of works to clean up an illegal dump at Ellis’s Yard in Ballyvolane. However, the party warned that Cork City Council must make a decision on the long-term use for the site otherwise illegal dumping will resume, if it... Read More
