26 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie When I was younger it was called PLC Education, which was short for Post Leaving Cert, but these days it’s called FET which is short for Further Education & Training, and is pronounced as “Fet”. All of Cork ETB’s FET centres are to be branded as being a... Read More
25 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Joe Duffy Group complete acquisition of C.A.B. Motor Company Ltd We reported in October 2021 of the upcoming sale, and today – just a few months later – the Joe Duffy Group have formally announced that following competition approval in December, they have now completed the acquisition of... Read More
25 January 2022 1pm By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 47-year-old William O’Toole who has been missing from the Churchfield area, on the northside of Cork City since the morning of Monday, 17 January 2022. William is described as being approximately 5 foot 9... Read More
23 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Crawford Art Gallery announces a new partnership with Pat McDonnell Paints for a major exhibition, SATURATION: the everyday transformed. SATURATION: the everyday transformed opens on Saturday 29 January and includes photographic works by thirteen dynamic young artists. It will embrace aspects of social media, street photography, music and... Read More
22 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie To boost conservation efforts, anglers who wish to catch and keep wild salmon from the Lower River Lee in Cork this year, are being advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland that ‘brown tag’ regulations are coming into force from Tuesday, February 1st 2022. The measures are included in the... Read More
22 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie SVP South West “humbled” by support of Cork and Kerry public as over €275,000 raised from annual car draw St Vincent De Paul South- West has paid tribute to and thanked the public for its “phenomenal” support of its annual Car Draw in association with CAB Motor Company.... Read More
20 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie €56,000 Drugs Seized and Three Arrests, Cork City Gardaí have arrested three men and seized €56,000 worth of Diamorphine as part of an ongoing investigation targeting individuals involved in the sale and supply of drugs, in Cork city yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 19th January 2022. At 5.20pm yesterday, Gardaí... Read More
19 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie It’s back to where it all began, as newly married Cork couple Aisling Devitt and Donncha Long revisit Kent Station for a trip down memory lane on their wedding day. It was back in 2019, after a 15-mile road race taking them from Cork to Cobh, that Aisling... Read More
19 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has issued pre-qualification tender documents for the Morrisons Island Public Realm and Flood Defence Project. The pre-qualification tender documents seek to form a panel of contractors who will be invited to tender for the works later in the year and could see construction of the... Read More
18 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Bus Éireann – Summary of Cork activities – 2021 Bus Éireann, has thanked their Cork passengers for their support in 2021 and revealed that Cork’s 24-hour bus service, Route 220 is the city’s most popular bus route with over 1.4 million passenger journeys in 2021. Bus Éireann operates... Read More
17 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Staff at Cork’s Imperial Hotel boosted by ‘lovely surprise’ as they received Christmas Card from the Royal Family of the Principality of Monaco The Team at Cork’s Imperial Hotel have started off the New Year with a “spring in their step” having received a very special bit of... Read More
14 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The significant re-drawing of traffic management priorities on Cork’s historic city centre island continues with the advancement of works on the “MacCurtain Street Public Transport Improvement Scheme”. The scheme will improve the reliability and journey times of bus services in the city centre and, in parallel, will provide... Read More