29 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Tomorrow is the closing date for general marathon entries, Thursday 30th of April. There is still time to submit a late entry (with small penalty) through May 8th. The marathon is a major destination event, attracting participants from all over the world to Cork City. The 8,000 runners […]
28 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Rankings for the prestigious European Green Capital for 2017 have just been announced and in Cork’s very first time bidding to be Europe’s Green Capital, the city ranked 7th above cities such as Porto, Istanbul and Cascais. The application was made by Cork City Council supported by Cork […]
28 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance Cllr Mick Barry this morning said that the Government’s Spring Statement would paint a rosy picture of economic recovery but that facts presented to last night’s meeting of Cork City Council showed that recovery is not touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordinary […]
28 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie 50 years ago, in a simple suburban house on the Douglas Road called “Sunview”, Christ King Girls Secondary was founded to answer the educational needs of the local community. To mark this significant anniversary the school have planned a number of events that will run throughout the next […]
27 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Editorial An annual issue There are a number of chestnuts in Cork news circles: the need for a Cork to Dublin direct flight, the debt at Cork Airport, and the slowness of the Cork to Limerick road. Well, in relation to the latter a joint statement was issued […]
27 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP and member of the European Parliaments Tourism Taskforce Deirdre Clune has appealed to bus unions to call off their planned strike action beginning on the May Bank holiday weekend. MEP Clune has said the planned strike will hurt our fragile tourist industry which is in […]
27 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance Cork City Cllr Mick Barry said this morning that wages for Ministers, TDs and Senators should be frozen after news broke that proposals are to be brought to Cabinet this week allowing for pay increases for politicians in next years Budget. Interviewed in this morning’s […]
24 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Dara Murphy TD, Minister of State for European Affairs and Data Protection, has called on small Irish businesses to gear up for e-commerce and embrace opportunities for innovation in the digital economy. Minister Murphy was speaking at the Smart Business Show in the RDS, which he opened today. […]
24 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Wexford native joins the club having previously played for Waterford United, making 22 first team appearances for them in each of the last two seasons. The left back told CorkCityFC.ie that he is looking forward to the challenge of trying to nail down a place in the […]
22 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie The “MyMind Centre for Mental Wellbeing” in Cork City is marking its second year of providing fast, affordable and accessible mental health services for the community. Minister (of State) for Primary Care, Social Care and Mental Health Kathleen Lynch will speak at the event at the Gresham Metropole […]