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26 September 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork businessman George Barter of Barter’s Travel agency on Patrick Street has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of Portugal with responsibility for Cork City and County. While most countries already have an Embassy in Dublin, many such as Portugal choose to cement their presence in Ireland...
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13th October 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The future of a Leap Post Office will be discussed again this evening. The scenic West Cork village – between Rosscarbery and Skibbereen – has been without a Post Office service since February following a contractual dispute between An Post and the contractor. An Post is willing...
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23rd September 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Councilors have finally been given a report into the Events Centre situation. The 31 elected Councillors had been asking the Chief Executive, and her predecessor, for an update on progress for many months with Councillors complaining that the media knew more about the Events Centre...
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19th September 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dairygold is creating 115 full-time jobs and investing 117 million euro in County Cork The jobs will come on stream by the year 2020, and will be in Mallow and Mitchelstown The expansion is also expected to create 400 temporary construction roles. Dairygold is spend 83.5 million...
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10th September 2014, 9.30am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “Cork City AND County Councils need to have more of an input into how Cork Airport is run.” That’s the view of a growing number of elected Councillors from across Cork. There’s growing concern about the decline of Cork Airport in recent months, following the loss...
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8th September 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Finnish travel journalist has completed her mammoth 2,500 kilometre cycle along the Wild Atlantic Way (We previously did an Audio Tour of the Cork Section) One of Scandinavia’s leading travel journalists Satu undertook the journey as part of a promotional initiative by “Tourism Ireland” to highlight...
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28th August 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The market for Gluten Free products is growing. An estimated 45,000Irish people are now coeliac: meaning they must avoid wheat in the diet. Symptoms of gluten intolerance include fatigue, and weight loss. To cater for the increasing market many companies have been introducing gluten-free foods. Today in...
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28th August 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie News that Minister for Food Simon Coveney is backing a National Food Centre for Cork City has been welcomed by businesses on the Grand Parade. The former Capitol Cineplex cinema has a strategic location on the Grand Parade, facing towards Washington Street, but it’s been vacant since...
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27th August 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A senior figure in a US multinational says Cork has been a “dream location” for the company, and it plans on expending in the future. The internet security giant McAfee came to Cork in 2004 and has offices at CityGate, Mahon employing 350 people. The company is...
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12 August 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Centre is losing out on business because of a lack of modern “3rd generation” office space That’s the warning from a number of property experts and the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber have welcomed the news that construction is to begin soon on a 45...
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5th August 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork Business Association says it supports the idea of inviting the Minister responsible for flooding to visit Cork. Earlier today Fine Gael TD Jerry Buttimer officially wrote to the Minister of State for the OPW Simon Harris The Government and the Office of Public Works have committed...
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31st July 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaime@TheCork.ie In an intelligence-led operation, code-named “Church”, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service, backed up by An Garda Síochána, seized 41,000 cigarettes and 27kgs of tobacco with a retail value of €32,000 and a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €25,000 on the north side of Cork city last night The ‘MG’, ‘Golden...
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