5th December 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie With the imminent retirement of the School Traffic Warden, parents have expressed concern that the area on Knockpogue Ave in Farranree which has one Secondary School and 2 Primary Schools and is subject to very heavy traffic at school time will be left without a School Traffic Warden. […]
3rd December 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With exactly one week to go before the December 10 anti water charges protest outside Dail Eireann, the We Won’t Pay campaign this morning claimed that the event has the potential not only to further undermine the charge but to shake an increasingly weak, discredited and unpopular Government. […]
2nd December 2014 By Tom O’Sullivan tom@TheCork.ie As a result of routine profiling, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized a large consignment of over 2,000 pairs of counterfeit ‘Nike’ runners in Cork with an estimated retail value of over €292,000. The runners were discovered in a container which originated in China and are believed to […]
![[Audio] Broad welcome for Pairc Ui Chaoimh redevelopment planning approval](https://www.thecork.ie/wp-content/uploads/201206141702261_sm.jpg "[Audio] Broad welcome for Pairc Ui Chaoimh redevelopment planning approval")
2nd December 2014 By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan There has been a broad welcome to the news that the Cork County GAA board has received planning permission to upgrade Pairc Ui Chaoimh GAA comments Cork County GAA Board says it is delighted with An Bord Pleanala’s decision and the completion of the appeals process. This […]
![[Audio] Anti Water charges opposition continues in Cork](https://www.thecork.ie/wp-content/uploads/DSC_018b.jpg "[Audio] Anti Water charges opposition continues in Cork")
1st December 2014 By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan Organisers of an anti-water charges protest which took place on Saturday are saying this morning that the majority of tax payers are still against water charges even after the Government revised the water charges package. More than 2-thousand people marched through the streets of Cork on Saturday in […]
![[Audio] Charity Santas to raise 50k in Cork this Christmas](https://www.thecork.ie/wp-content/uploads/tn_vfi.jpg "[Audio] Charity Santas to raise 50k in Cork this Christmas")
1st December 2014 By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan The Christmas season is underway in Cork, and with it various collections for charities have begun. One novel initiative this year is 50 pubs across Cork City aiming to raise 50,000 euro before the 25th of December. The money will go to Saint Vincent de Paul and the […]
1st December 2014 By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan People interested in the history of Cork City and Harbour have the chance to view historic maps, charts and plans this week. A free exhibition with rare maps from the 1700’s onwards has gone on display at the “Ivan Wolfe Gallery” in Monkstown. The exhibition includes rare plans […]
29th November 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Who? Mr Noel Clehane, Chairman of the Brussels Branch of European Movement (EM) Ireland, was elected today to the Board of the prestigious European Movement International organisation. A Cork native, Mr Clehane, works with BDO International and has led the Brussels branch of EM Ireland in a voluntary […]
21st November, Friday 3pm By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan The Taoiseach was in Cork today for a number of official engagements for positive announcements In the morning our reporter David O’Sullivan had the details of the Taoiseachs busy schedule… The Taoiseach started off in the Clarion Hotel where he turned the sod (across the river) on […]
7th November 2014 By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan The key figure in one of Cork’s original Anti Water Charges groups has refused a meeting with the Minister responsible for Irish Water. Environment Minister Alan Kelly was in Cork yesterday inspecting the large Irish Water Call Centre which is based at Abtran, Bessboro, Mahon. The Minister was […]
29th October 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There’s been another delay in the Events Centre saga in Cork. Two bidders are vying to access “up to” 14 million euro of public money to kick start construction of a City Centre venue. : 10 million from the Government, and 4 from the City Council. The deadline […]
28th October 2014 By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan The Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork City wants a Walk of Fame for musical names on MacCurtain Street. This years Guinness Cork Jazz Festival – over the long weekend – has been described as the “The most successful in a decade” The event, established in 1978, is now […]