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22 April 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “On this day ‘Earth Day’ it was devastating to see the destruction of trees and shrubs that birds were nesting in yesterday being chopped down and destroyed at Cushing Road and Tannery Gardens, Farranferris, Cork. Only recently, we applauded the good news that 500 trees were planted in...
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20 April 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Tomorrow, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Joe Kavanagh, will launch a Bursary Scheme for the North Monastery Secondary School. The bursaries are supported by “a past pupil of the school” (name not yet public) through the Boston, Mass based Irish Education Foundation. The initiative will provide financial...
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18 April 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork City Council, will begin site investigation works next week ahead of three planned strategic water supply upgrade projects, which will commence in the coming months and are required to safeguard water supply to the City. The site investigation works are required...
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16 April 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 226 students honoured by Cork ETB at the first ‘Virtual’ Awards Ceremony for Achieving Excellence in the 2020 Leaving Certificate Examinations Taoiseach Micheál Martin, T.D., had glowing tributes for 226 Cork ETB students who were this evening honoured for displaying academic excellence in their Leaving Certificate and Leaving...
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12 April 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A new temporary system that is helping to significantly clear the citizenship backlog has been in place since 18 January 2021. The temporary system enables applicants to complete their naturalisation process by signing a statutory declaration of loyalty, and have a Commissioner for Oaths witness this. This signed...
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11 April 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Planning permission is being sought for the construction of a 194-bedroom hotel located at Camden Quay, Cork. The hotel will be located at the former McKenzies building – which was later used as a temporary Circuit Courthouse – site on the bank of the River Lee. The site...
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10 April 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Varadis Ltd, a Cork-based deep technology radiation detection company, has announced that it has won a €600,000 contract with the European Space Agency The company’s novel radiation detection sensors and sub-systems are well known to the global space exploration industry and have already been used by astronauts in...
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9 April 2021 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork World Book Fest is going online and will virtually welcome Irish and international writers to Cork for an extravaganza of books and writing this April. David O’Brien, Cork City Librarian, said, “Every April, we look forward to meeting writers from around the world. This year, we’re delighted...
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9 April 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Mandate (trade union) members who previously worked in Debenhams in the Republic of Ireland have today (Friday, 9th April) marked one year since they were made redundant by their company, leading to a 365 day dispute. Almost 1,000 workers in 11 stores balloted for industrial action in an attempt...
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9 April 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Amazon, Enterprise Ireland and Enterprise Nation are calling on SMEs and entrepreneurs in Cork to sign up for the first-ever Amazon Bootcamp Ireland, an online event on Tuesday 13 – Wednesday 14 April providing free training and guidance to help businesses increase their online sales and reach new...
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8 April 2021 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork group of Social Democrats branches have launched a survey for business owners based in Cork City and County, calling on the business community to share their experiences of keeping their businesses afloat during the pandemic. The survey asks business owners in Cork what their experiences of...
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7 April 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The streets were temporarily pedestrianised last summer as part of the “Reimagining Cork City” programme, in order to facilitate social distancing and outdoor dining. Following an overwhelmingly positive reaction to this initiative and following a series of public consultations, it was agreed to permanently pedestrianise 17 of these...
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