Cork should be e-bike capital of Europe by 2030′ says Green Party of Cork

22 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party has said Cork should aim to be the electric bike capital of Europe in 10 years The party will propose a 15% increase in Local Property Tax, ring fenced in a two-to-one ratio between what it says are strategic cycle infrastructure for the city and... Read More

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22nd September, 2019

IRELAND: Crazy house price increases are slowing down

22 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 6-year house price run is at an end In Cork City, prices in the third quarter of 2019 were 3% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 5% seen a year ago. The average house price is now €281,000, 71% above its lowest point. In... Read More

NEWS

21st September, 2019

Lucky Cork winner scoops €50,000 with Prize Bonds

21 September 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie This week’s Prize Bond Star Prize of €50,000 goes to lucky Prize Bond number AJI 499276 held in County Cork. The lucky bond was purchased in 2017. There were over 4,800 prizes awarded in this week’s Prize Bond Draw, amounting to over €306,000. In addition to a €1... Read More

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21st September, 2019

Cork Business people sleep outdoors to highlight homelessness

21 September 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Spike Island lends itself to highlighting just how isolating life can be for people who are homeless or in danger of falling into homelessness. Shine A Light Night 2019, proudly supported by Bord Gais Energy is only four weeks away with the Business Leaders Sleep Out this year... Read More

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21st September, 2019

Irish owned MMD construction firm opens new €6 million headquarters in Cork

21 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish-owned construction company, MMD Construction, has announced the creation of 100 new jobs. The news comes as Tánaiste Simon Coveney officially opens MMD Construction’s new fourth-generation office building at the Cork Airport Business Park. The new jobs will be created in a number of specialities as demand increases... Read More

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21st September, 2019

Cork tourism operator takes part in Tourism Ireland’s sales blitz to Canada

21 September 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Tourism Ireland, together with a delegation of 13 Irish and Canadian companies – including Sheenco Travel (based in Goleen), has been undertaking a three-city sales blitz to Canada this week. They’ve meeting with group tour organisers and travel agents in the cities of London (south-west Ontario), Ottawa and... Read More

BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

20th September, 2019

Electric Cars accounted for 2.5% of new private car sales in Cork in Q1+Q2 of 2019

20 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In the first half of 2019 there were 232 electric and 1011 hybrid cars licenced in Cork – accounting for 2.5% and 10.8% respectively of new private car sales. Experts at Insuremycars.ie say that sales are increasing at a slow and steady pace, a progression they expect to... Read More

NEWS

19th September, 2019

Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed: are clogging up Irish rivers

19 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Working in partnership with the BRIDE Project Cork County Council has recently commissioned JBA Consulting to carry out an Invasive Plant Species Survey along the River Bride. The aim of the project is to map non-native invasive plant species which occur along the river bank, and it is planned to... Read More

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19th September, 2019

Tasmania (Australia) signs agreement with Cork (Ireland)

19 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Curator of that museum and Deputy Mayor of the island, Mr Luke Agati, is one of a delegation from Tasmania to visit Passage West Maritime Museum this month to sign a friendship agreement between the two maritime museums. Chairman of the Municipal District, Seamus McGrath will sign the... Read More

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19th September, 2019

Tynan calls for improvements to be made in “audible” pedestrian crossings

19 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cllr. Ted Tynan has called for urgent improvements and upgrades to be made to a number of pedestrian crossings at Ballyvolane and Mayfield which are inadequate for people with visual impairment. Cllr. Tynan said that the audible alerts from the pedestrian crossings in question are either not working... Read More

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19th September, 2019

First Mercedes Electric Car

19 September 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Dealer welcomes first Mercedes Electric Car Mercedes-Benz main dealer Liam Mullane of MSL, Cork pictured with the new EQC – the first of a family of electric-powered vehicles being launched by the luxury carmaker over the next two years. Speaking at the launch, Mullane said: “More than... Read More

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19th September, 2019

CORK ENTERTAINMENT: What’s on at St Lukes for Autumn/Winter

19 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Including: Grandbrothers, Efterklang, Caoimhín O’Raghallaigh, Thomas Bartlett, Sam Amidon, The Altered Hours, Lankum, Lloyd Cole, Gruff Rhys, Hermitage Green + many, many more www.liveatstlukes.com It’s going to be a busy few weeks at Cork City’s wonderfully unique venue, the deconsecrated church on the north side of the city. Live... Read More

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