Cork Social Enterprises asked to apply to the €1.6m Social Enterprise Development Fund

25 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council and Social Innovation Fund Ireland Call for Applications Social Innovation Ireland (SIFI), in partnership with Cork County Council and all 31 Local Authorities across Ireland officially launched the second year of the €1.6m Social Enterprise Development Fund. The Fund is financed by the Department of... Read More

24th November, 2018

WEST CORK: Clonakilty coffee shop owner appears on Winning Streak

24 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A Cork coffee shop owner is hoping to brew up a storm when she appears on the National Lottery Winning Streak gameshow on RTÉ One this evening. Aileen Hart from Clonakilty, Co Cork, received Winning Streak scratch cards in her birthday card from her husband, Tony. One had... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

24th November, 2018

UCC Lecturer Dr Clare O’Leary Conferred with Honorary Doctor of Laws at another NUI Galway

24 November 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bandon, West Cork Native Dr Clare O’Leary, Consultant Gastroenterologist / Physician in South Tipperary General Hospital was Conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Laws at NUI Galway on Tuesday, 20 November, 2018 Dr Clare O’Leary’s main areas of interest are Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Coeliac Disease and Endoscopy. She... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS

23rd November, 2018

New Council must allow representations from the people they represent

23 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Labour Local Election Candidate Peter Horgan has said that the new City Council next May should allow a system of representations in person directly to Council, following a series of issues where those who the Council is meant to serve have felt isolated and shut down. “We’ve had... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, LABOUR, NEWS, POLITICS

22nd November, 2018

NORTH CORK: New cafe in Charleville

22 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Insomnia Coffee Company will open a new store in Charleville, Co Cork today Located in the Charleville Town Centre, this is Insomnia’s sixth store to be open in Co. Cork. Insomnia Coffee Company has become an iconic Irish brand and is well known to coffee lovers across the... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

22nd November, 2018

Mater Private Cork CEO expects acute health services to be over-stretched again this winter

22 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The trolley crisis that caused major disruption to patients waiting for treatment in Accident & Emergency Departments is likely to be repeated this winter, according to the CEO of Mater Private Hospital Cork, Donna Roche. Mater Private Cork regularly accepts patients who have been transferred from public hospitals... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

22nd November, 2018

PHOTOS: Potel Award awarded at Bon Secours Hospital, Cork

22 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The annual Bon Secours Potel Award ceremony has taken place. The title “acknowledges excellence in clinical nursing”.

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

21st November, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Christmas ‘charity porn’ season begins

21 November 2018 By The Editor news@TheCork.ie Dear Editor, As the Christmas season descends the Irish human welfare charity industry cranks up production. In the run-in to Christmas day sob stories will be issued and heart-strings plucked all aimed at financial extraction from your purse. Implied in the charity message is that somehow it... Read More

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21st November, 2018

€835,000+ for upgrade of 12 Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs) across North Cork

21 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie North Cork Fine Gael Councillor John Paul O’Shea has this week welcomed funding of over €835,000 from Irish Water to facilitate upgrading works to 12 Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP’s) across North Cork. More than €650,000 has been allocated by Irish Water for upgrades to both the Kanturk... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

21st November, 2018

Cork’s An Post Mail Centre “must be kept open” says Politician

21 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Workers’ Party has called for urgent government intervention to prevent the closure of An Post’s Cork Mail Centre at Little Island which has reportedly been earmarked for closure with the loss of up to 200 jobs. Workers’ Party Cork City councillor Ted Tynan said the closure of... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

21st November, 2018

Over 60% of new jobs being created in Greater Dublin Area alone – Kelleher

21 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Two-tier recovery must be addressed head on otherwise rural Ireland will continue to suffer Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Business, Enterprise & Innovation Billy Kelleher (TD in Cork North Central) has said that the planned Future Jobs programme cannot be another of the Government’s attempts at optical illusions, but... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

21st November, 2018

PEANUT ALLERGY: Univerity College Cork’s INFANT Centre develops oral immunotherapy to reduce sensitivity

21 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS