4 January 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South and member of the EU Transport Committee, Deirdre Clune has warned those who are buying a second hand car in the month of January to be on the lookout for signs that the car’s mileage has been tampered with. Speaking as we... Read More
3 Janaury 2016, 10.30am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork City Flood Assessment Team met again this morning to review the ongoing situation with regard to continuing poor weather and flood risk. The latest weather system brought further substantial rainfall to the region overnight. No serious flooding occurred in the City. A Met Éireann... Read More
22 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie New figures from the CSO indicate that 2015 had the best ever January to November for overseas visitors to Ireland, with more than 8 million arrivals recorded. Overseas visitor numbers have increased by 14% over the first eleven months of 2015 – an additional one million visitors.... Read More
22 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil publish plans for ‘Rainy Day Fund’ to cushion future slowdown – Pledge will form key part of manifesto Fianna Fáil has today announced plans for the establishment of a fund administered by the NTMA to hold any further windfall gains from Corporation Tax and other... Read More
22 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Lorraine Flynn was one of the lucky 143 winners of the nationwide Lidl Trolley Dash, which took place Saturday 19th December in every Lidl store across the country. As well as winning their Christmas shopping for free (the average of goods won per person totalled a staggering... Read More
21 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 521 Jobs to be created in Cork? Yes but the roles are only on a fixed term basis of 10 weeks. The pay will be €2,400. The Central Statistics Office is advising anyone interested in becoming a census enumerator to apply on 5th January, the first day the... Read More
21 December 2015 By Tom Collins Tom@TheCork.ie One of Ireland’s most innovative high-tech companies, based in Cork, is to create 60 new jobs over the next two years to support the expansion of its global customer base. Newsweaver’s workforce will grow from 80 to 140, with a concentration on high-value jobs in research and development,... Read More
17 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has awarded the contract for new state of the art Incubation Kitchens to leading food safety consultant. Mary Daly of the Food Safety Company has been awarded the contract to manage Cork Counties newest food incubation facility in Carrigaline. The Mayor of the County of... Read More
17 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This week Tom and Simon Browne of Greenhills Farm in Co Cork who own and run Ireland’s largest farm installed Dairymaster’s multi award winning health and fertility monitoring system – MooMonitor+ on their 1000 cow dairy farm in Co Cork. The breeding season for 2016 has begun... Read More
17 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s 364 Hackney drivers are now able to join the Hailo network, as Hailo announces that it is extending its current service and is recruiting regional SPSV Hackney drivers to supplement its nationwide service. Hailo has recorded over 10 million passenger journeys across the country since beginning operations... Read More
17 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie With just over a week to Christmas Day the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Chris O’Leary, is encouraging people to visit Cork city and enjoy its wonderful festive atmosphere and great shopping experience. ‘Cork City Council encourages young and old alike to enjoy and indulge in the wonderful... Read More
17 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie insuremyhouse.ie and insuremyshop.ie are calling on the Government, for a second time, to establish of a Flood Fund similar to the Motor Fund run by the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIBI). The financial experts say that if 1% of the 5% levy already charged to insurers was directed towards... Read More
