2 May 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A newly established Patient Advocacy Service is offering support to people in the Cork area who want to make a complaint about the care they have received in a public hospital. The Patient Advocacy Service provides free, independent and confidential information and support to people making a formal... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Seven new walk-in Covid-19 testing centres will open across the country in the coming days. Two of the centres, which are aimed at people who do not have Covid-19 symptoms but still want to be tested, will open in Co Cork. A facility at Midleton GAA Club opened... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie For the third time this week the volunteer crew of Youghal RNLI responded to their pagers today (Saturday 1 May) at 3.08pm to a report of a 17ft angling boat with engine trouble, half a mile south of the Eastern Cardinal in Youghal bay. The lifeboat crew under... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ernest Cantillon from Kinsale Spirit Company, shopper Claire McLaughlin from Blackrock, and Michael Creedon of Bradley’s Specialist Off-Licence and Foodstore, North Main Street, Cork, celebrated a major milestone for Kinsale Gin as Claire was the purchaser of the 100,000th bottle, providentially in the first store that stocked the... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Public asked “Be Proud, Be Sound” and to help keep County Cork clean An anti-litter campaign has been launched by Cork County Council in anticipation of an increase in daytrips and staycations across the county this summer. Designed to appeal to people’s pride of place, the campaign is... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Port of Cork Company is pleased to announce that the Grimaldi Group will offer a twice-weekly direct Ro-Ro service from Cork to Antwerp beginning the second week of May. This new service builds on Grimaldi Group’s reputation and their continued investment. Conor Mowlds, Chief Commercial Officer, Port... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Right at Home, providers of home care and assistance for seniors and adults with disabilities across Ireland has become the first company of its kind in Ireland to achieve The KeepWell MarkTM accreditation awarded by Ibec, the group that represents Irish business. This is as part of a... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Amy O’Brien from Cork won the Dr AEJ Went Award for Young Specimen Angler of the Year. Amy won the award for catching a Golden Grey Mullet weighing 1.02kg at Rosscarbery, Co. Cork on the 1st of September 2020. The award is named after Dr Arthur Went, a... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie At their AGM which took place online, Engineers Ireland – Cork Branch, elected Valerie Fenton as Chair for 2021/2022. As just the third female Chair in the distinguished 80 year history of the Engineers Ireland Cork Region Committee, Valerie said that she is “looking forward to promoting greater... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bumper Bank Holiday for four EuroMillions players in Ireland Friday night’s EuroMillions draw proved to be a bumper night for players all over Ireland. The biggest Irish winners of the night were two players from Cork and Waterford who both scooped the EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500,000... Read More
1 May 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Attn: Young people of Ireland, or indeed anyone else who is still living at home or renting – if you have given up any hope of ever owning a house in Ireland, then here is something that might be worth a punt. Yet another sports club in Ireland... Read More
1 May 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ahead of the May Bank Holiday weekend, the Port of Cork and Cork Water Safety are issuing a safety message to all marine leisure users in Cork Harbour, as well as swimmers and jet ski users. As the weather warms up and sports like rowing and sailing recommence... Read More