17 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 16th April 2018 was a landmark day for a landmark building. Cork County Hall was officially opened 50 years ago on the 16th April 1698. Designed by former Cork County Council Architect, Patrick L MacSweeney, Cork County Hall was Ireland’s first skyscraper at 64.3 metres, retaining this status... Read More
16 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A busy young personal trainer from Co Cork won €23,000 on the National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE One last Saturday (14th April) and plans to put his winnings towards building his own business. Mark Tynan from Blarney Street, Cork City is a busy personal trainer... Read More
16 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie
15 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Seandun Macra na Feirme celebrated the 60th year since its foundation with a dinner dance at Rochestown Park Hotel on Saturday, 14th April. Almost 300 guests attended on the night who were treated to a fabulous 5 course meal which was followed by music from Bog the Donkey... Read More
13 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Competition and Consumer Protection Commission clears proposed acquisition by Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., through KW Investment Funds ICAV, of sole control of the Elysian Building situated in Cork The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the “Commission”) has today cleared the proposed acquisition whereby Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., through its wholly... Read More
13 April 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has said that there is a urgent need for a second driving test centre to service Cork City and the surrounding area. “People in Cork City, and the surrounding areas are waiting inordinate lengths of time to get a driving test. It... Read More
12 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie
12 April 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Housing & Urban Development at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Damien English, T.D. officially opened 52 new homes in two phases of Cork City Council’s North West Quarter Regeneration Plan at 2pm on Thursday. The new townhouses & apartments, consisting of two and... Read More
11 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council will mark the 50th Anniversary of Cork County Hall next Monday with a lunchtime reception. The 17 storey skyscraper was Ireland’s tallest for decades, until it was outranked by the Elysian Apartment Tower in the City Centre during the Celtic Tiger Boom. County Hall today... Read More
9 April 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork will welcome almost 3,500 world class singers and 35,000 visitors from across Ireland, Europe and beyond this April for the 64th annual Cork International Choral Festival, a joyful celebration of music and song from classical to sacred, pop, and rock. The Festival, which runs from 18th –... Read More
1 April 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie House prices nationally rose by 2.5% during the first three months of 2018, according to the latest House Price Report released today by Ireland’s No.1 property website, Daft.ie. The average price nationwide was €247,000, 7.3% higher than a year ago. Compared to their lowest point in 2013, prices... Read More
28 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork’s Imperial Hotel will host a very special Easter Chocolate Sale on today (Wednesday 28th) and tomorrow (Thursday 29th), with all proceeds raised going to Pieta House. The hotel’s talented pastry chefs Rebecca English and Bernadette Harrington will create an array of tempting chocolate treats including Easter eggs,... Read More