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15th June, 2016

Irish Customs dog sniffs out €13k of illegal cigarettes in Macroom, Co Cork

15 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Today, Revenue officers, assisted by detector dog Harvey and acting on intelligence, seized 25,000 cigarettes following the search under warrant of a house in Macroom, Co. Cork. The cigarettes, branded “Marlboro”, “L&M”, “Mayfair” and “Che”, have a retail value in excess of €13,000, representing a loss to the... Read More
AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
14th June, 2016

University College Cork is in the Reuters ‘Top 100’ most innovative EU Universities

14 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie How can potential partners, investors, faculty and students know if an institution is really transforming science and technology and affecting the global economy? To answer that question, Reuters set out to find and rank Europe’s top 100 innovative universities, building a methodology that employs 10 different metrics.... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, NEWS
14th June, 2016

What makes Cheese turn pink? Cork scientists have made a discovery

14 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What makes cheese blush? Pink discolouration affects many cheeses throughout the world, leading to significant financial loss for the industry. Despite decades of research, the cause of this defect has remained elusive. Now researchers, led by Dr Paul Cotter and Dr Diarmuid Sheehan, using high throughput DNA-sequencing... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
9th June, 2016

Labour appoints formed Cork TD Ciaran Lynch as party ‘spokesperson on Affordable Housing and the Retail Sector’

9 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ciaran Lynch has been appointed by the Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin as spokesperson on Affordable Housing and the Retail Sector. Mr Lynch was first elected in 2004 to Cork City Council and elected to Dáil Eireann in 2007 and again in 2011. Mr Lynch previously served as... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
7th June, 2016

Litter Pickers provide helping hand thanks to Ballincollig Business Association

7 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ballincollig Business Association has invested in 30 litter pickers, which have been given out to local businesses free of charge. The initiative, in partnership with Ballincollig Tidy Towns, is aimed at encouraging local businesses take time each day to ensure the environment around their premises is litter-free.... Read More
AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
2nd June, 2016

New polling: strong support for Norwegian’s planned new transatlantic flights from Cork Airport

2 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There is strong public support for Norwegian’s plans for low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork Airport, new polling released today has revealed. Norwegian last year announced plans for low-cost flights from Cork Airport to Boston in 2016, followed by New York in 2017. The airline is also looking at... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS
2nd June, 2016

Cork TD condemns “bogus self-employment” and the ill-treatment of workers

2 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Speaking during a Dáil debate this evening on a Labour Party motion regarding the right of workers, Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire condemned the practice of bogus self-employment and the ill treatment of workers. Deputy Ó Laoghaire said; “This has been for a long time a... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
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