17 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ho Ho Ho! Heading out for Christmas parties, festivities or late night shopping, why not use Bus Éireann’s late night services at weekends in the run-up to Christmas from Cork city to Carrigaline, Ballincollig, Blarney, Midleton, Carrigtwohill, Innishannon and Bandon. The services will operate from Cork city... Read More
16 December 2016 By Tom Collins bryan@TheCork.ie SPAR Little Island in Cork has won the supreme award – National Convenience Store of the Year 2016 at the annual ShelfLife C-Store Awards held in Dublin recently. As well as taking the overall top honour, the Cork store picked up the Gold Award in its category, beating... Read More
15 December 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie As part of on-going investigations into dissident republican activity in the Cork area, Gardaí have arrested three men, aged in their mid 30’s to early 50’s, following the planned search of a premises at Chesnut Drive, Cluain Ard, Cobh, County Cork yesterday evening, Thursday 14th December 2016 shortly... Read More
12 December 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Sport, Kevin O’Keeffe has cautiously welcomed the announcement by Minister for Sport, Patrick O’Donovan that he would like to see a greater number of women serving on the boards of national sports organisations but feels that discussions at an Oireachtas Committee are required. “I... Read More
4 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called on Cork County Council to re-think bye-laws being introduced by that it says will make life more difficult for farmers’ markets. Under the new by-laws, sites where trading is allowed are being restricted, which will reduce the number of stalls... Read More
1 December 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie When Little Island-based civil engineering contractor, Rossmore Civils was contracted to carry out site development and access road works at Facebook’s new data centre at Clonee, they put their latest Komatsu machines to the task. Recently, the company invested in its 30-strong fleet of Komatsu units with the... Read More
28 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Allsop are bringing over 240 properties to the market for their final auction of 2016, an Online Auction to be held on Tuesday 13th December. The catalogue, which features 13 Cork properties, totals more than €37m on reserve. All of the properties can be viewed here. Jonathan... Read More
24 November 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The EPA Urban Wastewater report is a timely reminder of the decades of under investment in wastewater infrastructure in Ireland and the impact that this has had on communities all around the country including Cork. This report reflects the status of over 1,000 schemes across Ireland, the lack... Read More
24 November 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Angela Garvey, Managing Partner at AG Associates Accountants was announced as the winner of the Business Person of the Year 2016 Award at the recent Little Island Business Awards at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa in Cork. This award recognises outstanding achievements of one business person in... Read More
21 November 2016, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork was well represented at the inaugural national conference of the Social Democrats, which took place in Dublin over the weekend. Mark Khan from the Party’s Cork North Central branch was elected a member of the first National Executive of the Social Democrats during the event,... Read More
21 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 6723 young people in Cork have turned 18 since last year and will have right to vote The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is encouraging young people in County Cork to make sure they are registered to vote before the deadline for inclusion on the electoral... Read More
18 November 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party has strongly criticized the appropriateness of appointments made by Minister Simon Coveney to a group set up to review the recommendation to merge Cork city and county. The group, set up by the minister last month, is to review recommendations made last year to merge... Read More
