9 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Blarney Castle in Blarney Town, Cork, Ireland houses the Blarney Stone, but visitor numbers have fallen The owner of one of Ireland’s most successful tourist attractions has called for increased supports for the industry amid a collapse in visitor numbers. Sir Charles Colthurst, 10th Baronet whose family owns... Read More
9 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City, with four other cities in the Irish Network of Learning Cities went live last week in a five city joint initiative to promote learning across the cities, the city regions and the island of Ireland. In 2019, the Lord Mayors of Cork, Dublin and Belfast and... Read More
8 October 2020 By Roger Jones roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment One of the leading sportsbooks in the UK, Paddy Power, has made one of the earliest settlements in its history. After just three games of the new season, the sportsbook operator has paid out Fulham to be relegated from the Premier League. Paddy Power, which operates live... Read More
8 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sports clubs of all kinds within Co Cork and beyond are the focus of a new club funding initiative just launched under the title Texaco Support for Sport for which a fund of €130,000 has been set aside for distribution on a twenty-six, county-by-county basis, with successful clubs... Read More
7 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has echoed calls for the Irish Government to quickly approve the adoption of rapid turnaround, low cost, scalable, pre-departure testing for red zone countries to let safe air travel restart with confidence and save the thousands of jobs dependent on tourism, hospitality and aviation. Speaking today... Read More
7 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie TD for Cork North West, Aindrias Moynihan has today welcomed the announcement from his party colleague Minister Darragh O’Brien that the tender for the new Fire Station in Macroom of €1.337m has been accepted. Deputy Moynihan commented, “I am delighted that the tender has finally been approved. This... Read More
7 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Physios for Fundraising’ initiative launches in Cork to support Virtual Mini Marathon entrants with practical tips to survive the event Chartered Physiotherapists in Cork launched ‘Physios for Fundraising’ initiative today to help women, who are participating in the VHI Women’s Virtual Mini Marathon, look after their bodies appropriately... Read More
7 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In May this year it was announced that the consortium of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) are set to become a ‘Technological University’. MTU will be officially established on 1st January 2021y. Today saw the announcement of an allocation of €8.25m to... Read More
7 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has again been shortlisted as a finalist in the Airports Council International (Europe) – ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards. The Winners will be announced during the Best Airport Awards Ceremony, which will take place virtually, as part of the ACI EUROPE Annual Assembly & Congress virtual... Read More
6 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Title: The Free Range Detective Agency: The Baboon with the Golden Bum Author: Cork based Jed Lynch (it’s not clear is this is a real person, or a pen name?) Intended readership: Children aged 8+ ISBN: 9781912417476# Official Release date: 08/10/2020 Publisher: Little Island (Despite their name ‘Little... Read More
6 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Commenting on Government’s announcement that level 3 restrictions are to be implemented nationwide Conor Healy, CEO of Cork Chamber said: “While not surprising, it is nonetheless challenging for business and society to move to level 3 restrictions.” “The impact of these tighter restrictions will be immensely challenging for... Read More
6 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Creating a startup is one thing, but growing it – or ‘scaling it’ – is another A new programme called ‘Scale Cork’ is Ireland’s first Scaling Programme for SMEs supported by Cork County Council through its economic development fund and operated by the Rubicon Centre at CIT.It is... Read More