6 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Over 5,500 school children in schools across Mallow, Fermoy, Midleton and Cobh are in schools with broadband speeds of less than 20 MBs, says Cork East TD Seán Sherlock. “These numbers highlight a digital divide in this country with Dublin doing well but schools outside the M50 doing... Read More
6 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Spike Island has been named “Best Attraction” at the prestigious “International Travel and Tourism Awards” 2019, the ITTAs hosted at The Magazine in London yesterday evening. This recognition of the achievements of Cork County Council in the development of the former prison site into a world class visitor... Read More
4 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council and the Rubicon Centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) have teamed up to provide Ireland’s first Scaling Programme for SMEs who are in the medtech, agritech and digital health sector. Scale Cork is a 9 month programme starting in January 2020, supported by Cork... Read More
29 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Late October/Early November is one of the busiest times for book releases, as publishers vie to secure a place on the Christmas book market. “Irish Cinemas: A History in Photographs” is a pictorial record of 139 old Irish cinemas. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, it includes an assorted... Read More
25 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The new expanded Airtastic Entertainment Centre opens in Little Island today becoming “Cork’s largest leisure destination”, according to the backers. At a cost of €1.5m and creating up to 30 new jobs a Northern Ireland leisure firm opened its first site in the South in October 2017, focusing on... Read More
24 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What:“Dirty Dusting” When: Sunday 10 November Hang onto your Hoover when Dirty Dusting comes to Ballymaloe Grainstore on Sunday 10 November. Starring The X Factor’s Mary Byrne, it is a hilarious comedy about a trio of hard-working, 70-something cleaners facing redundancy. They might be past their best, beyond their sell-by date, and over the... Read More
23 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The sweetest retreat — The Spa at Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Cork launches an impressive spa refurbishment with a new Sweet Retreat stay Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Little Island is a warm and inviting destination on the doorstep of Cork city and a beautiful blend of... Read More
23 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County council wants everyone in County Cork to be more aware of the range of services they provide and how the public benefits from those services and supports. County Hall, Cork Pic: Daragh McSweeney/ProvisionIn a recent survey carried out on behalf of the National Oversight and Audit... Read More
22 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Council’s Midleton Meadow has Big Benefits for Bees One third of Ireland’s bee species are threatened with extinction. Local authorities have a leading role to play in reducing their decline and protecting them and our other important pollinators. With this in mind staff at the East Cork Municipal... Read More
21 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The East Tip Haulbowline Island Remediation Project completed by Cork County Council, RPS Consulting Engineers, PJ Hegarty & Sons and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been shortlisted for the Engineering Project of the Year 2019. The remediation project on the East tip of Haulbowline... Read More
12 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie New Citizens Information Centre premises opens in Cobh, East Cork The new Centre, based at 8 Pearse Square, is substantially bigger than their previous offices and is in a very central and convenient location. The Centre is fully wheelchair accessible and there are three interview rooms where you... Read More
6 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In an effort to raise awareness on tree and hedge cutting, Cork County Council is reminding landowners that they are obliged, under the Roads Act of 1993, to take all reasonable care to ensure that trees, ditches, hedges and other vegetation growing on their land are not a... Read More
