3 May 2017, 11.30am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Enterprise Ireland has today hosted the first in a series of nationwide ‘Prepare for Brexit’ roadshows which will take place at the Maryborough Hotel, Cork from 8.00-10.30 am. Part of Enterprise Ireland’s #PrepareforBrexit campaign, the Cork roadshow featured speakers from SMEs, large companies and innovative start-ups,... Read More
3 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A recent innovative ‘live Crowd Funding Event’ held by the Cork Foundation, raised funds for four Cork Social Enterprises. The event consisted of a mix of potential donors and Cork business leaders, who were presented with a pitch by each of the four participating social enterprises, after... Read More
3 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth tom@TheCork.ie ‘Fishy Business’ is a tempting pun for a headline, but all is in order today as the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has announced a further €274,700 in grants to six seafood enterprises here in Cork. This funding will boost the enterprises involved, and... Read More
3 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Allsop have launched the catalogue for their May Online Auctions which will see over 210 properties with a total reserve of over €35m go under the virtual hammer. The residential auction, which features over 140 properties, takes place on 17th May and the commercial auction, featuring over... Read More
2 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Committee should oppose loan scheme – Education must remain a right not a privilege Loan scheme would act a deterrent to “working class” young people attending 3rd Level Cork North Central Solidarity TD Mick Barry has this morning hit out at a proposed student loan scheme which would... Read More
2 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork North Central Solidarity TD Mick Barry claimed this morning that as many as 17 Bus Eireann service runs from Parnell Place had to be cancelled, or provided by private operators, on the Bank Holiday Friday because of a “ham-fisted diktat” by the board of the semi-state company.... Read More
2 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 33,086 asthmatics in Cork are not using their inhalers correctly, leaving them at risk of a serious asthma attack and even death, according to the Asthma Society of Ireland. Currently there are 50,130 people with asthma in Cork. Two thirds of those don’t use their inhaler correctly.... Read More
30 April 2017, 10pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Gardaí are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of a 22-year-old woman following the discovery of a body in Cork City this morning. The discovery was made when Gardaí and Emergency Services were called to a vacant business premises at Sheares Street shortly before... Read More
30 April 2017, 9.45pm By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Cork International Choral Festival came to a climactic penultimate close with its Awards Ceremony at 5.15pm in Cork City Hall. Following a successful Festival, the Jury Results were finally announced for all sections of the Festival’s varied and prestigious categories. International and national choirs from near... Read More
29 April 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City WFC welcome Kilkenny United WFC to Bishopstown Stadium this evening at 5pm for the latest game in the Continental Tyre’s Women’s National League. The game comes on the back of a narrow 1-0 loss to UCD Waves last Sunday at Jackson Park and Cork City WFC... Read More
26 April 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinead Kane, with only 5% vision, has completed seven marathons in seven days on seven continents to establish a new World Record. April Cork Person of the Month Sinead, with her guide runner John O’Regan, ran the first marathon at Union Glacier in Antarctica, then Puuta Arenas,... Read More
27 April 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Intel yesterday, Tuesday, April 25th, celebrated the success of its 2016 Matching Grant initiative, rewarding 124 community organisations and schools from across Ireland with €502,378. 4 organisations from the Cork area were part of the 2016 Matching Grant Scheme and thus will receive funding in the amount of... Read More
