21 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Works to decommission problematic cast iron water mains are due to get underway next week in the area around Bridge Street, Woods Place and Little William Street. Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork City Council, will replace approximately 300 metres of old, damaged pipes in the area... Read More
20 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie UrAbility is a Cork firm which helps young people overcome their challenges in education by using technology. The firm – which previously featured on Dragon’s Den – has just won a prestigious Zero Project Award at the United Nations. It was the only Irish company selected as one... Read More
20 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Nationally; there were no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. However, the have been new cases. As of midnight Saturday, 19 September, the HPSC has been notified of 396 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 32,933* confirmed cases of COVID-19... Read More
20 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie James Lawless 8/1 from 16/1 to Replace Micheál Martin as Fianna Fáil Leader Fianna Fail TD Eamon O Cuiv has said that his party needs to elect a new leader to replace Micheal Martin and now punters have started to show support on who should take over. Fianna... Read More
20 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI were called out twice in 14 hours to provide two separate medical evacuations from Cape Clear Island off the coast of Baltimore, West Cork. The first call out happened yesterday evening (Saturday 19 September). The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 6.49pm, following a... Read More
20 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Carrigaline Municipal District is allocating €20,000 to town centre businesses and residential premises in Passage West and Carrigaline under the Streetscape Improvement Scheme 2020. The initiative forms part of Cork County Council’s Project ACT to support the social and economic cores of towns and villages across Cork County.... Read More
19 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Voids Stimulus Programme to bring 331 units back into social housing stock in Cork The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has welcomed the response to the 2020 Voids Stimulus Programme which will see up to 2,500 social housing units across the country refurbished... Read More
18 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie ‘The Gallery’ – a temporary pop-up exhibition space that has been transformed and curated by the newly formed Owenabue Arts Collective has opened to the public having been transformed from a vacant retail unit to a bright and beautiful arts space.. Speaking at the launch, founding member of... Read More
18 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Avant Money Are Lending To The Following Areas: Cork City plus locations within 30km of Cork City Centre Dublin County plus any town within 30km of Dublin County Border Galway City plus locations within 30km of Galway City Centre Limerick City plus locations within 20km of Limerick City... Read More
18 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Scientists in Cork, Ireland have discovered a naturally occurring bacterium that can help reduce the damage inflicted on the human body by respiratory viruses such as influenza. The research was conducted by Dr David Groeger and his colleagues at Precision Biotics, a subsidiary of Novozymes OneHealth, and in... Read More
18 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie As the airline industry comes to terms with its most difficult years, a new degree course from CIT in Cork has been unveiled to give trainee business skills while skills also. CIT has enrolled 120 students – all of them commercial pilots – on its innovative Bachelor of... Read More
18 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The 2019/20 season of the Winning Streak game show was concluded at RTÉ studios in Dublin on Wednesday (16th September) as ten players took part in two separate game shows which paid out a total of €401,000 in cash prizes. Among the big winners was Cork woman, Margaret... Read More