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30 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork North Central Fine Gael TD Colm Burke has welcomed plans by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD to invest over €30 million in free and subsidised higher education places to help get people back to work, upskill workers... Read More
30 October 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City Labour Cllr John Maher, Local Area Reps Ciara Kennedy and Peter Horgan have said that Cork schools are being massively left down by the Department of Educaiton forcing students to bring in their own sanitiser. Peter Horgan (Labour)“There are huge questions to answer on this basic... Read More
29 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New research from University College Cork has highlighted the dangers of misinformation in relation to Covid-19 ‘infodemic’. The research, which has been published in the British Medical Journal, was carried out by Dr Cathal O’Connor, dermatology specialist registrar, and Dr Michelle Murphy, Consultant Dermatologist who are both based... Read More
28 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Community groups in Cork will benefit from funding to support integration projects during the pandemic, a Cork North Central Fine Gael Deputy said. Deputy Burke said: “I am delighted that 17 organisations in Cork will benefit from €80,239 through the 2020 Communities Integration Fund to support their activities... Read More
28 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie APC Microbiome Ireland and the Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) have announced a new collaboration aimed at developing new natural cultures for food fermentations. Fermented foods are created using controlled microbial growth, facilitated by microorganisms or microbial communities, usually in the form of starter cultures, adjuncts or probiotics. The... Read More
28 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie “The release of captive-bred animals into the wild is commonly practised to restore or supplement wild populations but comes with a suite of ecological and genetic consequences…” The full research paper is available for free at http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1671 The deliberate introduction of captive-bred salmon into the wild is a... Read More
26 October 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Documentary A new documentary and play on hunger striker, Joe Murphy is now live on Cork City Council’s YouTube channel. This community project was supported by Cork City Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media The documentary/play package sheds light on Murphy, a... Read More
26 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Community Art Link, the organisation that brought you the Dragon of Shandon Parade, have been working away to adapt this year’s Cork’s Samhain celebrations. The Dragon of Shandon will be left to sleep and dream of the ghouls, banshees and other mischievous characters that normally claim the... Read More