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5 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Today, as a result of routine profiling and with the assistance of detector dog Eva, Revenue officers seized 75kg of tobacco at Cork Airport. The smuggled tobacco was discovered in the checked baggage of three Irish nationals who had disembarked a flight from Alicante, Spain. The ‘Amber Leaf’...
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5 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Energia and GIY have been getting Ireland growing with the distribution of 1,000 free GROWBoxes to homes nationwide during lockdown. Now they have announced the next round of prizes in the Get Ireland Growing initiative, with €10,000 worth of food growing kits to give away to budding growers...
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5 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie AIB branches in Cork have come together to support 84 local charities and help provide direct funds to local community efforts. €200,000 has been made available to branches across the county (€1,000 per branch) as part of AIB Together, the bank’s community investment programme. Some of the Cork...
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5 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Colm Burke is a Cork North Central TD, here was previously a SenatorFunding has been given to retailers in Cork strengthen their online offering and enable them to reach a wider customer base, a Fine Gael TD has said. Successful applicants were approved for funding through the Covid-19 Online Retail Scheme, which...
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5 July 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie ‘Making Shift Happen’, the Irish organisational development and business consultancy, will host a free webinar designed to help individuals become more effective virtual workers. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, 7 July at 2pm. You can register for the webinar, which has limited places at bit.ly/VirtualWorker The...
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4 July 2020 By Roger L. Jones roger@TheCork.ie No matter how large your house may be you will still find yourself short of space. It seems to be a universal law that the amount of possessions we have expands to fill the available space! During the recent COVID19 lockdown I managed to do much de-cluttering,...
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4 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork-born Roy Keane was well supported last week with BoyleSports to take part in the new series of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! The former Ireland assistant manager has been approached in the past to take part in the jungle madness, but he declined. However,...
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4 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork publicans call for temporary extension of hospitality VAT rate to alcohol as immediate support for pubs that will struggle with social distancing rules Cork publican Michael O’Donovan of The Castle Inn supports group including The Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI), The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and the...
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4 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin spokesperson on Mental Health Pat Buckley TD has called on new Minister of State Mary Butler TD to act swiftly in addressing the many gaps in mental health services exposed by the Covid-19 crisis. Teachta Buckley TD said; ” I wish Minister Butler good luck in...
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4 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie At approximately 11:40pm on Friday 3rd July 2020, Gardaí responded to reports of an incident at Military Road, Cork City, which is just below (or south) of Collins’ Army Barracks. When Gardaí arrived at the scene, a male suspect discharged a number of shots from a suspected firearm...
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4 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Cork worker from Irish Wheelchair Association is asking people to get behind the organisation’s #NotMyIndependenceDay petition, which urges the new Government to ensure independence for people with disabilities. Irish Wheelchair Association launched #NotMyIndependenceDay this week, a campaign to urge the new Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and...
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4 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Management and staff at Cork Airport have welcomed the news that SWISS will recommence its Cork-Zurich service from Sunday, July 5th next. The service will recommence as a once a week service initially, arriving into Cork at 0845 and departing from Cork at 0935. Niall MacCarthy Managing Director...
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