14th May 2014 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Transition year students from Cork, Limerick and Galway are heading to Cork Institute of Technology to take part in the ‘Engineering Your Future’ Transition Year Programme. 72 secondary school students – 12 girls and 60 boys – will attend the programme at CIT starting on Monday, 19th May. […]
By Tom O’Sullivan 12th May 2014 tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil local election candidate for Cork City South Central, Tom O’Driscoll, has called on the people of Cork to vote for the City in the ‘Foodie Town of Ireland’ awards, which will determine the top town in Ireland to eat out. Mr O’Driscoll commented: “Cork is one […]
12th May 2014 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie H+A Marketing + PR continued its successful run of awards with a win at the 2014 All Ireland Marketing (AIM) Awards. The agency beat stiff competition to win the Best PR Campaign Award at the AIM Awards for the hugely successful ‘Orla Kiely for Kenco Millicano’ campaign for […]
6th May 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Government spin machine will go into overdrive in the next 24 hours to sell the new water charges package but ordinary voters will not be fooled. The Anti Austerity Alliance believes that a number of key points must be highlighted: The average starting price for the water […]
6th May 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie EMC, the US multinational that employs more than 3,000 people in Ireland, has announced that company executive, Bob Savage, will now lead EMC’s Centre of Excellence (COE) operations across Europe, Middle East and Africa. In his new role, Savage will oversee two key strategic COEs in Russia and […]
2nd May 2014 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Today in Cork City Enda Kenny was shouted at by anti-water charge protesters on the street, some referred to his group as “Blueshirt B*stards”. The Taoiseach was in Cork to launch the European Election campaign of Deirdre Clune (also Fine Gael) Later in the day reporters asked the […]
3rd May 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Business Association has a new C-E-O. Lawrence Owens is taking over from Donal Healy; who recently retired having served seven years. Lawrence has a long association with CBA, and has been involved with the retail trade for over 35 years: working his way up in Roches […]
30th April 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Fein in Cork City say they have achieved a “symbolic victory” The party’s City Councillors are against what they call the conference and junket circuit where the local authority pays for elected Councillors to attend conferences across the Country, many of which are in Donegal. At every […]
29th April 2014 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie A campaign to rename Cork Airport after the the famous guitarist Rory Gallagher is continuing to gain momentum. More than 10-thousand people have signed a petition. Gallagher passed away in 1995 at the young age of 47. He was one described by Jimi Hendrix as the “world’s greatest […]
29th April 2014, Tuesday. 11am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Last week it was at Ashbrook, Lehenaghmore Hill, Togher, Cork, then it spread to two other estates there, now it’s spread towards the City. This morning at 10am protestors gathered at the entrance of ElmVale, Sarsfield Road, Cork (at the Wilton end of the Road). TheCork.ie Reporter […]
24th April 2014, Thursday By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Protesters against the installation of Water Metres yesterday (Wednesday) stopped Irish Water Contractors from entering a housing estate in Cork. It’s was day 2 of a blockade of Ashbrook Heights, Lehanaghamore, Togher where many residents were supporting an anti-austerity group stopping the digging of footpaths. The white […]
24th April 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic fund exclusively focused on the Cork region, have announced the availability of their second tranche of funding for enterprises in the city and county. They are calling for applications from businesses and community enterprises in Cork who need funding to expand, develop or […]