31 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Water wishes to advise customers in Douglas that the utility will commence works this week on the installation of new wastewater and water connections on a short section of Carrigaline Road (R609) south of the Douglas Pitch & Putt adjacent to Darraglynn Nursing Home. The works, which... Read More
31 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie This year, the Irish Green Building Council is kicking off World Green Building Week in Cork, with a visit to Mahon Point Shopping Centre on Thursday, 8th September at 12pm. The building was the first in Ireland to achieve the BREEAM in use green building certification. The tour will include a presentation... Read More
31 August 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Offices are always searching for the newest and finest commercial AV equipment to stay up with how they conduct business in today’s dynamic world of audio-visual technology. To be on the cutting edge of technology, offices now use Bluetooth technology, cloud computing (96% of firms use it in... Read More
30 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The 33rd Cork French Film Festival will launch in style at the Port of Cork today, with a special event aboard the Belem. Steeped in history, the 126-year-old French sailing ship is a fitting place to kick off what promises to be a magical four days celebrating the... Read More
30 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Danish multinational power company ‘Ørsted’ has completed the acquisition of the Ballinrea solar PV project in County Cork from experienced renewable energy developer Terra Solar. The 65 MW solar project will become Ørsted’s first solar project in the country. Ballinrea Solar Farm, located North of Carrigaline, is expected... Read More
30 August 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí in Togher are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Co Cork this morning. At approximately 11am, Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a collision involving a car transporter and three cars on the N28 at the Shannon Park roundabout on the Cork... Read More
30 August 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cope Foundation is recruiting host carers for its Home Sharing initiative. The programme provides respite and short breaks for children and adults with an intellectual disability and/or autism. The Cork based charity is one of the largest disability organisations in Ireland and currently supports over 2,800 people. It... Read More
30 August 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie No shortage of sea water, but there is a shortage of drinking water, due to low rainfall this summer so far. Problem exists across West Cork, but Clonakilty has a particularly serious shortage Due to the continuous and significant increase in demand for water during the recent hot... Read More
30 August 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Lack of school bus seats are resulting in up to 15,000 children left without school transport as schools reopen this week West Cork Independent TD Michael Collins today referred to the lack of bus places. “The school transport chaos is resulting in our constituency offices being flooded with... Read More
30 August 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Deirdre Forde has launched the Lord Mayors Community & Heritage Concert 2022 which will take place on Saturday 1st October 2022 in the Concert Hall in Cork City Hall. The Concert will feature talented community music groups such as the Barrack Street Band,... Read More
30 August 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North Central Socialist Party TD Mick Barry today voiced opposition to any pay deal which does not fully compensate the country’s 300,000 public sector workers for inflationary price rises. His comments came as talks between the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) public sector committee and the... Read More
30 August 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie The entertainment industry has expanded to include devices such as VR headsets. Let’s find out if it’s worth paying attention to. VR helmet: pros and cons Today’s technology allows us to have experiences that were hard to imagine. We will find out how far we’ve come. With VR,... Read More