21 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Successful completion of Ireland’s longest-ever underwater horizontal directional drills mark major milestone in Irish Water’s work towards ending discharge of raw sewage into Cork Lower Harbour Irish Water, in partnership with Cork County Council, is working to end the decades-long practice of discharging raw sewage directly into Cork... Read More
20 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Based in Little Island, Cork, NRG Store, a division of the Sea Box Group, is offering to host small Irish retailers on its online sales platform for free as COVID-19 continues to impact trading conditions. All retailers face difficulties as a result of dramatic changes to the way... Read More
19 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí in Midleton are renewing their appeal for information on tracing the whereabouts of 47 year old Tina Satchwell who is missing from her home on Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork since Monday 20th March, 2017. Tomorrow marks the 3rd year anniversary since Tina was last seen. To... Read More
19 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth beyan@TheCork.ie The Port of Cork has agreed a temporary suspension of operations with Cruise Lines as a result of the escalating global COVID-19 outbreak. Cruise liners that were due to berth between now and April 20th have been cancelled. Cruise operations in the following months are now in question.... Read More
16 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie We are in the midst of an unprecedented event. Covid-19 is effecting every one of us and I would like to take this opportunity as a Mayor of the County of Cork to ask everyone to do their bit in this battle and help us control the spread... Read More
16 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork Paul Colton has taken the exceptional step – for the first time ever in his 21 years as Bishop – of releasing his monthly one-page open letter online. Previously it was published in the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Magazine only.... Read More
14 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie ICOS (the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society) represents over 130 co-operatives in Ireland – including the Irish dairy processing co-operatives and livestock marts – whose associated businesses have a combined turnover in the region of €14 billion, with some 150,000 individual members, employing 12,000 people in Ireland, and a... Read More
14 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Independent Cork City Councillor Cllr. Ken O’ Flynn says that Cork businesses need to see leadership from Cork City Council and Cork County Council as every business is likely to face exceptional pressure on its cash flow in the weeks and months ahead. “I am suggesting that both... Read More
14 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Effective from 8am this morning the SouthDoc out of hours GP service has closed 8 of its Cork locations, and reallocated the Doctors to larger more centrally located offices Fermoy, Blackpool, Skibbereen, Clonakilty, Kanturk, Dunmanway, Macroom, and Youghal are shut this morning. Meaning all patients must instead visit Bandon,... Read More
Cork Pharmacy Technicians Graduate at The Irish Pharmacy Unions Pharmacy Technicians Graduation 2020
13 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie
13 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A total of €900,000 in funding has been allocated to Local Improvement Schemes (LIS) in Cork, according to Fine Gael TD for Cork East and Minister of State at the Department of Justice & Equality, David Stanton. The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) monies are made available by the... Read More
12 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Muintir na Tire, Cork County Council Environment and Heritage Sections, Cork City Council and Griffins Garden Centre have all come together to organise this exciting competition for 2020, which is the eighth year of the competition. Applications are now being accepted from primary schools across the City and... Read More